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After lobbying efforts from lawmakers and science advisors, the new, DARPA-like biomedical research agency will be a part of the National Institutes of Health, but its director will report directly to the secretary of Health and Human Services.

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US House Moves to Block New Reviews of Fetal Tissue Research

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Lawmakers Push NIH to Reduce Nonhuman Primate Research

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Scientists Win First-Time Runs for Congress, Senate

Congress Considers Endangered Species Act Amendments

Former Congresswoman, HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler Dies

Senate, House Propose Funding Boosts for US Science Agencies

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