X-Message-Number: 23845 Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:05:25 -0700 From: "John Grigg" <> Subject: NIH Director on NBR It has been awhile since I had a "tingly" moment of excitement about how the present and future are converging, but I had one today! Dr. Elias Zerhouni, the head of the National Institute of Health, explained how how they had a pretty dang progressive (considering the Bush administration I would add) plan for investing in research across the nation. This included a special emphasis for genome related work. With enthusiasm he spoke about how over the coming decade he expects medical imaging, RNA silencing, and even medical nanotech to be the "big next things." When he actually said the words, "medical nanotech" I was surprised, and when he brought up "maintaining and rebuilding the body with it" I was shocked. I felt like I had suddenly shifted into a new reality and would be getting a letter telling me the future was soon to arrive. Best wishes, John Grigg ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23845