YOSHINORI OHSUMI was awarded the 2016 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research by Johnson & Johnson. Ohsumi, of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, received the award for his discoveries concerning the molecular basis of autophagy. He was honored at the 2016 BIO International Convention in San Francisco. “Dr. Ohsumi’s curiosity led him to become...
The Biden administration has left NIH in a weakened state, intensifying politicization of science on Capitol Hill and eroding the bipartisan support the government’s premier biomedical research agency has traditionally enjoyed.
