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Editorial
Nature 424, 709 (14 August 2003) | doi:10.1038/424709a
If it ain't broke, don't fix it (much)
Abstract
Modest structural reforms could help the US National Institutes of Health to maintain its independence — and the public's confidence.
Employees at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, have been chafing lately under what many regard as unwarranted micromanagement by officials at the Department of Health and Human Services. And some members of Congress are casting an unusually critical eye over the agency: in June, one committee began investigating awards given to Richard Klausner in 1999, when he directed the National Cancer Institute.
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