... , there was significant unease, even controversy, surrounding the nomination. Why? Well, you may know that Francis Collins is an evangelical Christian and an outspoken defender of the compatibility of ... ;m not sure it’s the most interesting part of the story. Because I think some of the criticism of Collins is valid, in the sense that it ought not be dismissed as mere anti-faith ranting. ...

Last night, the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Constituency Group and United for Medical Research welcomed new National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, at a reception on Capitol Hill. Louis Sullivan, MD, former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, was the

... due to position or influence. This is certainly the case with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health ... costs.” In a 2006 interview, Dr. Collins said, “I would be opposed to the idea of creating embryos ... destruction for medical research? What now becomes clear is that Dr. Collins is explicitly unwilling to affirm that it does. Throughout the confirmation process ...

... was funny XD I listened to The Language of God by Francis Collins after it. Francis Collins is a biologist who headed the Human Genome Project and is the director of the NIH. He was an atheist, but converted to Christianity while remaining ... , especially evolution, and faith can work together as two different sources of truth. Collins repudiates all the common errors people make about ...

The Scientific Integrity Patrol, which blew up over the appointment of Francis Collins as the head of the National Institutes of Health because he was ... in climate science to another recent controversy in science: the appointment of Francis Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health. Collins is a scientist of the highest professional and personal reputation. His scandal, according to ...

... that person is committed to beliefs that seem opposed to the plain account of Scripture. So we have Francis Collins who writes The Language of God but who in the book says that, though God exists, ... long been hearing from the likes of Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking and even Francis Collins. Yet he still crafts a book that is readable and, best of all, understandable. Even the chapter dealing ...

... embryos for research" baloney. Here's a quote from NIH director Francis Collins in the ABC News story that makes me thinks less of him. ... ;Yay, now we can continue with the science,'" said Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the NIH. "What we are talking about today is just the beginning of what is going to be an interesting series of approvals." 'Cause science has ...

... ) "research.""This is the first down payment," said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, drawing a perfect picture of the commodification of life under this ... unethical lies used to justify unethical actions is the statement by Dr. Francis Collins, director of the NIH. He said: "In accordance with the guidelines, these stem cell lines were derived from embryos that were donated ...

... TODAYNational Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins Wednesday announced the first 13 human ... year."What we are announcing today is just the beginning," Collins said at a Wednesday briefing. Approval of the lines was "open ... of embryonic cells, has removed the need for the new cell lines. However, Collins and other scientists suggest that the embryonic stem cells are ...

... lines that were previously off limits to them. More lines will likely be approved on 4 December, when an advisory committee to National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins meets in Bethesda, Maryland, Collins said on a teleconference with reporters today. Collins said that 96 new lines, in addition to the 13 now approved, have been submitted ...

... from discovery to public benefit, says a strongly worded letter to Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), signed by more than 100 biomedical researchers, journal editors, and health ... letter, though a copy of it can be accessed at PharmedOut's website. Collins is expected to review the letter sometime today or tomorrow, the spokesperson told ...

... This “reasonable” reader thus would expect articles by NIH Director Francis Collins would be embellished with a footnote indicating that he is the founder of the BioLogos Foundation, ... Scott, executive chairman of Genomic Health Inc., would also be asterisked because he is chairman of BioLogos. Collins hasn’t been shy about disclosing his religious associations, but a young ...

... -called stem lines is opposed by some people because extracting them destroys the embryos. The stem-cell expansion was announced today by Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, in a telephone briefing ... of “a wave” of approvals that could make hundreds available, Collins said. Obama pledged to end U.S. stem-cell restrictions during his ...

... does that sound so absurd?) "This is the first down payment," Dr. Francis Collins, NIH's director, said Wednesday as he opened a master registry. "People are champing at the bit ... lines are undergoing NIH review, and 20 or more could get a decision by Friday, Collins said. And researchers have notified the NIH that they may apply for approval of another 250 ...

... The batches, known as lines, were made by two researchers at Harvard University and Rockefeller University using private funds, said Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health. "Today we are ... the approval of the first 13 stem cell lines," Collins told reporters in a telephone briefing. 13 Islamist rebels claim Russian rail ...