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Rescuing the NIH before it is too late
Andrew R. Marks
Andrew R. Marks
Published April 3, 2006
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2006;116(4):844-844. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI28364.
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Editorial

Rescuing the NIH before it is too late

Abstract

In the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski the hero, who calls himself “The Dude,” has just had his apartment broken into by some dumb thugs. One of the thugs lifts the Dude’s prized bowling ball and says, “What . . . is this?” The Dude replies, “Obviously you are not a golfer.” The current state of the NIH prompts me to say to its director, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, “Obviously you are not a scientist.”

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