Senate duo questions NIH director over proposal to omit ‘lengthen life’ from mission statement 

[ A bipartisan pair of senators on Wednesday wrote a letter expressing concerns with the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) proposal to remove a vow to “lengthen life” from the agency’s mission statement.  In a letter to NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said they are worried removing a stated … Read more