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July 2009
Washington, DC

Dr. Francis Collins, who with his colleagues at the University of Michigan in 1989, discovered the defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis, is named to run the vast research agency, The National Institute of Health (NIH) (30 billion dollars in research funds)

Los Angeles Times

Dr. Collins guided the U.S. drive to map the human genetic code and wrote a book linking God and science.

Dare to Dream from CFMinute

"I even got a nice juicy, fun tidbit that you probably won't find anywhere else online. He has written a song about finding a cure for CF, and I coaxed him into singing the chorus of it for me on camera." lightNlife April 2008

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research.

In July of 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to be the Director of the NIH.

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