The National Institutes of Health and clinical research: a progress report
David G. Nathan1
& Harold E. Varmus2
1
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St. Suite 1628, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave. New York, New York, 10021
The development of clinical investigators remains a thorny national problem. The National Institutes of Health has instituted new granting programs to support clinical research that have already stimulated 450 new applications for support; private foundations have also joined the effort.