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New National Institutes of Health chief Collins wants to speed science into better health care, believes it can save money
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The researcher who helped unravel the genetic “book of human life” took the helm of the National Institutes of Health Monday, promising a faster push to turn cutting-edge science into better bedside care — especially care that can save precious US health-care dollars.
“We should be completely bold about pushing that agenda,” NIH Director Francis Collins told The Associated Press — and not just for US health, but for global health, too.
“Here we are at a circumstance where I think our country is seeking maybe to redefine our image a bit in the world, from being the soldier to the world to being perhaps the doctor to the world. I’d like to see that happen,” Collins said in his first interview, shortly before greeting employees of the $30 billion agency.
