NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Articles and editorials

Open the Door To Curing Alzheimer's—Why This Research Must Become an Urgent Priority, E1372 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H2640 [16MY]

Health: support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. Res. 420), S2730 [3AP]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 3529), S5950 [15JN]

Pharmaceuticals: enhance research and education in the areas of pharmaceutical and biotechnology science and engineering (see S. 2793), S4469 [11MY]

Public Health Service Act: ensure that projects funded through NIH comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements (see H.R. 5545), H3496 [7JN]

Taxation: modernize treatment of biomedical research corporations (see H.R. 5115), H1676 [6AP]

Excerpts

News reports on adult and non-embryonic stem cell research advances and updates, S4006 [4MY], S4202 [9MY]

Letters

Adult stem cell research: Jacki Rabon, S6734 [29JN]

———Mary Schneider, S6733 [29JN]

———several doctors, S4203 [9MY]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: several Senators, S3999 [4MY]

Lists

Current human clinical applications using adult stem cells, S4005 [4MY], S4203 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Brain Awareness Week: observance, H1126 [16MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: cooperate with NIH in facilitating research on managing medical issues associated with hepatitis C, H2930 [19MY]

FDA: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants, E1372 [11JY]

Funding, H650 [8MR], H1593, H1594 [6AP]

Health: provide for adult stem cell research, H164 [8FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3022, H3023, H3024 [23MY], H3146 [24MY], H4383-H4389 [21JN], H5036, H5038 [11JY], E979, E986, E994, E998 [26MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 2231), H4224 [20JN], E309 [8MR], E805 [11MY], E879 [18MY], E886, E916 [19MY]

Research: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144), H426-H432 [28FE]

Research and development: funding, H1893 [27AP]

Science: improve U.S. competitiveness in science, research, technology, and innovation, H649 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allocation of funds, S5831, S5835 [14JN]

———increase advance appropriations allowance for health, education and training, and low-income programs, S2096-S2100 [14MR], S2184 [15MR], S2254 [16MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (S. 1902), S1888 [8MR]

Health: provide for adult stem cell research, S4005, S4006, S4039 [4MY], S4201-S4204 [9MY], S6731-S6735 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S4128 [8MY], S4177 [9MY], S4298 [10MY], S4428, S4434 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S1668, S1669 [3MR], S3998-S4002 [4MY], S4124 [8MY], S4189, S4190, S4194, S4195 [9MY], S4249, S4256, S4382 [10MY], S4447, S4452, S4453, S4455 [11MY], S4572 [16MY], S5467 [6JN], S6449 [23JN], S6596, S6612-S6615 [28JN], S6731-S6736, S7170-S7173 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7364-S7366 [12JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 471), S7279 [10JY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (S. 1289), S1172 [14FE]

———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (S. Res. 420), S2736 [3AP]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 3529), S5945, S5966 [15JN]

National Children's Study: funding, S2286 [16MR]

Pharmaceuticals: enhance research and education in the areas of pharmaceutical and biotechnology science and engineering (S. 2793), S4476 [11MY]

Research: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos, S1050-S1053 [10FE]

Research and development: funding, S2284 [16MR], S5831 [14JN]

Statements

Increase in Advance Appropriations Allowance for Health, Education and Training, and Low-Income Programs: Senator Specter, S2098 [14MR]

Production of Pluripotent Stem Cells By Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming: Several Scientists, H430 [28FE]

Researchers Offer Proof-of-Concept for Altered Nuclear Transfer, H431 [28FE]

Tables

Total Federal funding for NIH stem cell research, S4005 [4MY], S6735 [29JN]

Texts of

S. Res. 420, support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, S2735 [3AP]