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16. Im happy to. Nkats, now just three years old, was the first new center at nih again, quite a long time and was focused in trying to identify the bottle necks from going from basic science discoveries to benefits. In collaboration with our partners in the private sector. I think initially there were some concerns that nih is becoming a drug company, that really was never the plan and is not happening now. Instead, we are identifying areas of Technology Development that no Single Company could undertake, but working with them, we can give you just one example. The effort to try to figure out...

Good to see you again. Thank you so much. Thank you. Look forward to be being here. [ inaudible ]. [ speaking spanish ]. Senator, very nice to meet you. [ inaudible ]. Small world. Very small. One more. Good morning, senator. Read your book. Big fan. Thank you. Can i get a picture here . How are you . Good. Which way . This way . Right here . Great. Thank you. Looking forward to hearing you. Thanks so much. Here . Right here. I got an extra egg. Senator, its good to see you again. Are you sitting there . Right next to madam speaker. The purpose of why were here today of course is to hear from ...

Cancer, what we can do about it. But the other component which is a longterm ambitious to be sure effort is this cohort of a million or more americans, which we could be studying for virtually all diseases and knowing that you are a dentist i would certainly include in that such things as periodontal disease. We know the environment and genetic risk are involved in those conditions. But we really havent had a sufficiently large study with appropriate patient participation to be able to get those answers. This should be a way to go there. So thats true for diabetes, for Heart Disease, for alzhe...

Coming up on cspan3 the director of the National Institutes of health testifying before congress about how the nih spends its money. Then a Senate Banking Committee Hearing looking at whether beenal regulations should be eased for smaller banks. And later, a conversation on violent extremists traveling from europe to syria to join isis. You would see what used to call when i was a kid, a mutt and xbref combination or a stick paul set. Washington is was a large man. Six foot, very robust. Terrific natural athlete and madison is a skinny little guy. This sunday on q a, historian david o. Stewart...

Than 226 billion a year, including 153 billion in costs to medicare and medicaid. These costs will skyrocket as the baby boom generation ages. Already our nations most costly disease, alzheimers is projected to cost more than 1. 1 2050 if nothing is done to change its current trajectory. Alzheimers is also one of our nations leading causes of death. The cdc lists alzheimers as the sixth leading cause of death overall, and the fifth leading cause of death for those 65 and older. Other estimates put the mortality rate much higher at number three, right behind cancer and Heart Disease. Moreover a...