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Chapter 5: Requirements for the Future of the Academic Endeavor in the Life Sciences
Pages 332-332

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... If the people of the United States, and indeed all mankind, are to be adequately nourished in the future, if we are to pursue with utmost vigor the attempt to understand the nature of life, the nature of man, the diseases to which he is subject, and the environment in which he dwells so that, one day, this knowledge may be utilized to alleviate the human condition, to minimize suffering, and to extend the useful and enjoyable life-span, then the research endeavor in the life sciences must be supported in a manner and on a scale commensurate with our national aspirations in these regards. Both individual investigators and department chairmen were queried with respect to current constraints to research progress.
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