Francis Collins, the
The Associated Press/Boston Globe writes that Collins - "best known for unraveling the human genetic code - said he wants a practical focus for the nation's premier research agency: that new discoveries may even help save precious health care dollars. 'We should be completely bold about pushing that agenda,' Collins said, saying the goal was to advance not just U.S. health, but global health, too."
"Here we are at a circumstance where I think our country is seeking maybe to redefine our image a bit in the world, from being the soldier to the world to being perhaps the doctor to the world," Collins said (Neergaard, 8/18).
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