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	July 25: A Farewell and Tribute to Francis S. Collins On July 25, 2008, NHGRI bid a fond farewell to Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. at Natcher Auditorium on the National Institutes of Health campus. Dr. Collins stepped down on August 1, 2008 to explore writing projects and other professional opportunities.
	April 29: Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium Research organizations from around the world announce they are launching the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), a collaboration designed to generate high-quality genomic data on up to 50 types of cancer through efforts projected to take up to a decade.
	April 28: Research Findings Open New Front in Fight against AIDS Virus A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance.
	November 2007: NHGRI Director Francis Collins Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. receives the Presidential Medal of Freedeom for revolutionizing "genetic research. Under his leadership, the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the full human genome and greatly expanded our understanding of human DNA." To read the pdf files on this page, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Last Updated: October 7, 2008