Washington – Dr. Francis Collins, renowned geneticist and Former long-term director National Institutes for Health announced on Saturday that he withdrew, leaving the agency that was up to Budget cuts and releases.
Collins – A Guitar Playing Researcher and Evangelical Christian known for finding shared ground Between religion and science – did not give a reason for his sharp departure. He told the statement that he tribute to almost four-time careers in the Agency “rightly called a short jewel of the Federal Government called for decades.”
48 billion USD is the largest tenant of biomedical research and has long been strong two-hand support.
NIH employees “are individuals of extraordinary intellect and integrity, selfless and diligent, generous and compassionate. They personify excellence in every way and they deserve the greatest respect and support of all Americans,” Collins.
In the text message, Collins refused an interview. Retirement took effect on Friday.
But his statement defended the agency in the riot under new Trump administrations Funding policies and recent pumping More than 1,000 workers.
“When you hear about patients who survive the phase penetration, which is based on research in many decades. When you hear the heartfelt cell disease, which is built on long-term research that supports NiH,” Collins wrote.
Collins, 74, was the director of NIH 12 years and under three presidents – Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Collins deviated from that position in October 20. October to return to his research laboratory, supervising scientists who studied diabetes and genetic disruption. He also advised Biden to How to fight hepatitis C.
Early in his career, Collins discovered a gene that causes cystic fibrosis, which helped driving in years later on an efficient treatment for lung disease. He was discovered for the discovery of NIH, which supports the survey at the University of Michigan.
In the 1993. It came in 1993. to keep the project of the human genome, which 2003 completed the mapping of the human DNA instructions – two years in front of the schedule and 400 million dollars within the budget in its statement on Saturday.
Later, as the director of NIH, he supervised the business in understanding and fighting serious diseases such as cancer, Alzheimerov, Diabetes and Covid-19, including the Coronavirus vaccine who saved millions of life.
In addition to his or her work, Collins is known widely for writing at the intersection of religion and science.
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2025-03-01 20:46:00
