Without increased funding, California's dominance and public health are threatened, according to new report

At a time like this, thank goodness there are private foundations such as the Hughes Medical Research Institute, as the funding for universities such as Stanford, University of California, Scripps, etc. appears to be in question and citizens all over the US benefit from the research done here in California. BD

Without a sustained commitment of funding, scientists, academicians and leaders in the biomedical industry in California profiled in the report fear the biomedical ecosystem in California, made up of universities, research institutions and industry, will lose its capacity to produce the next generation of inventions to treat and cure disease. "Today's medical advances in cancer, HIV/AIDS and cardiovascular and infectious diseases are the products of basic scientific research that took place decades ago, largely funded by governmental grants from NIH," said David Gollaher, Ph.D., CHI's president and chief executive officer. "The U.S. has to make a commitment to provide sustained funding to NIH so that the next generation of innovations that will improve public health come to fruition, or we risk not only America's competitiveness, but global health.