January 28, 2000
Report Urges U.S. and Universities to Produce Physicians Who Conduct Research
The federal government and universities should work to reverse a serious decline in the number of physicians who perform medical research, according to a report released last week by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Officials of the group called for a new national program to forgive the student-loan debts of medical-school graduates who pursue research careers. Physicians have made valuable contributions to basic and clinical research, but are "an
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