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Published online 17 February 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/457942a
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Medical research scores big in US stimulus bill
Congress votes to give generous boosts to other agencies too.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) could call him Saint Specter. Cancer survivor Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania was one of three moderate Republican senators whose votes were crucial in pushing a $787-billion economic stimulus package through the US Congress.
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- 04 Mar, 2009
- Posted by: Elizabeth Laporte
