Samuel Silverstein | Jun 24, 2001 | 6 min read
Editor's Note: This Opinion is adapted from remarks prepared for a hearing of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired at the time by Sen. James Jeffords, then a Republican, now an Independent, of Vermont. I had the privilege to speak to a recent Senate committee panel about the unprecedented research opportunities in the medical and health sciences. These opportunities are unprecedented because of the advances in cell and molecular biology, in information and c