Director Dr. Francis Collins to provide NIH’s response to the Institute of Medicine report addressing the scientific need for the use of chimpanzees in research
January 1st, 2012
Telebriefing by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. to provide NIH’s response and answer questions.
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