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The American Association for the Advancement of Science--the world's largest general federation of scientists--fought back Oct. 30 against an initiative by conservatives to curtail National Institutes of Health funding for over 150 research grants on topics like HIV/AIDS among sex workers, associations between drug and alcohol abuse and sexually transmitted disease, and depression among homosexuals.
The Traditional Values Coalition called for "the questionable NIH grant approval process" to be "thoroughly investigated by the Justice Department," in an Oct. 29 letter to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who has complained that conservatives are...
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