Author : John E. Fogarty International Sciences
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2018-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780267766314
Book Description
Excerpt from National Institutes of Health: Annual Report of International Activities, Fiscal Year 1978 In recognition of the growing importance of international relation ships for the advancement of biomedical knowledge in seeking solutions to the cause, prevention and treatment of disease, the Fogarty Inter national Center (fic) was established by the Congress in 1968 through Public Law 90-557 as a component of nih. Some of its functions were incorporated from the former nih Office of International Research; others were added since its establishment. The Center's name recog nizes the staunch support given to biomedical research by the late Congressman John E. Fogarty, who did much to acquaint the public and the Congress in the post-world War II era with the importance of continuing and long-range support of biomedical research for the ulti mate amelioration and solutions to disease problems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.