This week, the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi, introduced the latest coronavirus emergency relief bill, called the Heroes Act. This is a $3 trillion bill intended to
On April 28, 2020, the Coalition for Life Science sent the following letter to Congressional leaders. Download a copy of the letter. Dear Speaker Pelosi, House Minority Leader McCarthy,
The Coalition for the Life Sciences (CLS), representing over 80,000 biologic researchers, urges universities and institutions to adjust faculty advancement policies and extend certain training periods in response to the
Dr. Ralph Baric, a leading epidemiologist, is working on finding a treatment for this virus. He discusses what we know and what we still don’t know about the coronavirus. Every
As OSTP considers policies and guidelines on key issues that impact the U.S. research enterprise, The CLS believed it vital to provide a response to the RFI. In its comments, CLS focused on research security—a subject core to sustaining a global research enterprise.
The BRAIN Initiative: Is the Grand Challenge Living Up to Expectations? Eve Marder, PhD Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience, Brandeis University and Walter Koroshetz, MD Director of the
The Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus welcomed Dr. James Allison, the Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking research that uses one’s own immune system to attack cancer tumors, who untangles the
Where can members of Congress, congressional staff, and members of the public go to videotape live water bears, get pictures of their own cheek cells, and test the latest in
Join the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus as Dr. Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health, provides an overview of the
The Coalition for the Life Sciences (CLS) stands in strong opposition to the policy announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that discontinues all federal funding of