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Hopkins scientist to lead the NIH’s basic science branch
The US National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)—the $2.4 billion branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tasked with laying the foundation for research into disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention—has a new leader. Earlier today, the agency announced that Jon Lorsch, a biophysical chemist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, would become the new director, starting this summer.
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