As a researcher, Dr. Farber expanded scientific knowledge of the links between the kidneys and hypertension and congestive heart failure.
"We support the international moratorium on commercial whaling and have expressed our opposition to Japan's expanded scientific program," Mr. Boucher said.
Although its main goal was to search for deep-sea life by means of net tows and dredging, the findings of its physical and chemical studies expanded scientific knowledge of temperature and salinity distribution of the open seas.
Furthermore, an expanded scientific basis will be very helpful in developing a coherent and efficient educational and maybe most important outreach and policy agendas.
It's true that the events of the late 1980s led to far greater freedoms for scientists and in some countries vastly expanded scientific opportunities.
With a 5-year term for research grants and a competitive renewal rate of about 53%, supporting an expanded scientific workforce is a tall order for NIH, even as the research budget continues to grow at a modest pace.
More importantly, the need to ensure optimal anatomic and functional repair will surely give rise to a new generation of surgeons with much expanded scientific and technical support to draw upon, and will ensure an important role for surgery in ischaemic heart disease for decades to come.
Knowledge of Deinosuchus remains incomplete, but better cranial material found in recent years has expanded scientific understanding of this massive predator.
