Harold Varmus

Bernie Sanders Mixed Record on Stem Cells

April 6, 2016 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 7 Comments

The Capitol Times in Wisconsin ran a story just before the primary there on Bernie Sanders on Stem Cells, indicating that has held anti-stem cell research positions. It can sometimes be hard to figure out politicians’ positions on stem cells and what actions they might take. Update: See this poll on what people predicted the …

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Official message from Harold Varmus, Director of NCI, on Sequestration

March 7, 2013 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Many of us in the scientific community who work on cancer got the message below about the extremely dire state of funding. To the NCI-supported scientific community: As you have heard and read, the Budget Control Act (aka “sequestration”) has gone into effect as of March 1st. All components of the NIH, including the …

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