{"id":35205,"date":"2009-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/09\/25\/national-campaign-touts-importance-of-medical-research\/"},"modified":"2009-09-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T05:00:00","slug":"national-campaign-touts-importance-of-medical-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/09\/25\/national-campaign-touts-importance-of-medical-research\/","title":{"rendered":"National campaign touts importance of medical research"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nThe ResearchMeansHope.org campaign aims to raise awareness to the need for sustained growth in federal research funding.<\/span>
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\n<\/TABLE>Medical research is the start of hope.<\/p>\n

Omaha philanthropist Chuck Durham understood that and invested untold millions to build the Durham Research Center towers. Inside, UNMC researchers search for answers to such devastating diseases as cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.<\/p>\n

Now, a national campaign raises awareness of the critical need for sustained, real growth in federal funding for medical research.<\/p>\n

The campaign, ResearchMeansHope.org<\/a>, also urges Congress to enact significant, annual increases in funds for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s primary sponsor of medical research. <\/p>\n

“Medical research is one of the best investments we can make,” said Bob Bartee, vice chancellor for external affairs at UNMC. “Many of us have friends and family who have benefitted from the significant advances made in medical research. We also have loved ones whose battles continue with incurable or life-threatening diseases. Our investment in research is their best hope to a longer and improved quality of life.<\/p>\n


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\nFounders of the ResearchMeansHope.org campaign include:
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