Showing posts with label NIH. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NIH. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Three cheers for genetecists

This month, the NIH swore in Dr. Francis Collins as it's 16th director. Just giving a shout-out to the mind behind positional cloning, and who identified genes responsible for cystic fibrosis and Huntington disease, amongst others.