Basic science: Bedrock of progress

Francis S Collins; James M Anderson; Christopher P Austin; James F Battey; Linda S Birnbaum; Josephine P Briggs; Janine A Clayton; Bruce Cuthbert; Robert W Eisinger; Anthony S Fauci; John I Gallin; Gary H Gibbons; Roger I Glass; Michael M Gottesman; Patricia A Gray; Eric D Green; Franziska B Greider; Richard Hodes; Kathy L Hudson; Betsy Humphreys; Stephen I Katz; George F Koob; Walter J Koroshetz; Michael S Lauer; Jon R Lorsch; Douglas R Lowy; John J McGowan; David M Murray; Richard Nakamura; Andrea Norris; Eliseo J Perez-Stable; Roderic I Pettigrew; William T Riley; Griffin P Rodgers; Paul A Sieving; Martha J Somerman; Catherine Y Spong; Lawrence A Tabak; Nora D Volkow; Elizabeth L Wilder

doi:10.1126/science.351.6280.1405-a

Basic science: Bedrock of progress

Science. 2016 Mar 25;351(6280):1405. doi: 10.1126/science.351.6280.1405-a.

Authors

Francis S Collins¹, James M Anderson², Christopher P Austin³, James F Battey⁴, Linda S Birnbaum⁵, Josephine P Briggs⁶, Janine A Clayton⁷, Bruce Cuthbert⁸, Robert W Eisinger⁹, Anthony S Fauci¹⁰, John I Gallin¹¹, Gary H Gibbons¹², Roger I Glass¹³, Michael M Gottesman¹⁴, Patricia A Gray¹⁵, Eric D Green¹⁶, Franziska B Greider¹⁷, Richard Hodes¹⁸, Kathy L Hudson¹⁹, Betsy Humphreys²⁰, Stephen I Katz²¹, George F Koob²², Walter J Koroshetz²³, Michael S Lauer²⁴, Jon R Lorsch²⁵, Douglas R Lowy²⁶, John J McGowan²⁷, David M Murray²⁸, Richard Nakamura²⁹, Andrea Norris³⁰, Eliseo J Perez-Stable³¹, Roderic I Pettigrew³², William T Riley³³, Griffin P Rodgers³⁴, Paul A Sieving³⁵, Martha J Somerman³⁶, Catherine Y Spong³⁷, Lawrence A Tabak¹⁹, Nora D Volkow³⁸, Elizabeth L Wilder³⁹

Affiliations

¹ Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. collinsf@mail.nih.gov.
² Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³ National Center for Advancing Translational Science, NIH, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
⁴ National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁵ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
⁶ National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁷ Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁸ National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁹ Office of AIDS Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁰ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹¹ Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹² National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹³ Fogarty International Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁴ Office of Intramural Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁵ National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁶ National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁷ Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁸ National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁹ Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁰ National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²¹ National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²² National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²³ NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁴ Office of Extramural Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁵ National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁶ National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁷ Office of Management, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁸ Office of Disease Prevention, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
²⁹ Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁰ Center for Information Technology, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³¹ National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³² National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³³ Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁴ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁵ National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁶ National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁷ Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁸ National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³⁹ Office of Strategic Coordination, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biomedical Research / economics*
Humans
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / economics*