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Obama Announces $5 Billion in Medical Research Grants
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President Obama visited

the sprawling National Institutes of Health,

near Washington,

and said the expenditure is vital

to improving public health.


"To unlock treatments to diseases

that have long plagued humanity,

to save and enrich the lives of people

all over the world.


This represents the single largest boost

to biomedical research

in history."


The grants include $175 million

for the Cancer Genome Atlas,

to map the way genetic changes affect cancer.


The White House says

the cancer study involves more than 150 scientists

at dozens of institutions around the country.


"And this has extraordinary potential

to help us better understand and treat this disease."


Mr. Obama says much of the research

being conducted at the National Institutes of Health

would not have taken place

in the corporate world.


"Some research does not lend itself to quick profit.


That's why places like the NIH were founded.


And that's why my administration is making a historic commitment

to research and the pursuit of discovery."


The president also promoted the grants

as a way to stimulate the economy

by putting researchers, educators and medical equipment makers to work.


"They'll create new jobs,

tens of thousands of jobs;

conducting research

and manufacturing, and supplying medical equipment,

and building and modernizing laboratories　　　　　　　　　　　　

and research facilities all across America."


Before he spoke about the grants,

Mr. Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

toured a cancer-research laboratory.


The president looked through a microscope at brain cells

as researchers explained the difference

between healthy and cancerous cells.


Kent Klein, VOA News, the White House. (30 September 2009)