Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Autism, Cancer Push By Obama

WASHINGTON, D.C. Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama proposed increasing the National Institutes of Health budget by $1 billion, or 3.2 percent, in fiscal 2011, earmarking $6 billion for cancer research and $222 million for work in autism.
The proposed $32.1 billion budget for the year beginning Oct. 1 falls short of the $36 billion the federal agency was able to spend in fiscal 2010 because of money from the government’s economic stimulus effort.
The autism push will help define genetic and environmental factors contributing to the disorder.

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