NIH Director Speaks to Council About Potential New Arenas for Common Fund Support
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Opportunities in Biomedical Research (continued)
- Emphasis on global health fits with U.S. emphasis on "soft power"
- Scientific advances make an attack on infectious diseases more feasible than ever
- RNAi
- Small molecule screening
- Genomics
- Vaccine development
- Push beyond AIDS, malaria, TB to long list of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide
- Include chronic non-communicable diseases and injuries, responsible for more 50% of deaths in developing world