Advisors tell NCI to rethink contracts for clinical trials cooperative group tissue banks. NCI Board of Scientific Advisors chides officials for failure to discuss $47.8 million contracting plan with cooperative group chairmen, questions need to extract tissue banks from group grants. Text of concept statement included.
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NIH offers student loan repayment program, deadline is Dec. 31.
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