NIH Leader Francis Collins Optimistic For Science

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | Comments Off on NIH Leader Francis Collins Optimistic For Science

Francis Collins MD

SOURCE: USA Today

“Dr. Francis Collins sees a world of possibilities with medicine and the light-speed advances that await mankind. A universal flu shot? Ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S.? A human genome map as part of everyday patient care? Why not? The physician-geneticist, guiding hand of the international Human Genome Project and current director of the National Institutes of Health, recently discussed these and other issues with USA TODAY’s Editorial Board. His comments were edited for length and clarity.”