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Conflict brews over science in US stimulus package

11 February 2009

BIOMEDICAL research was among the big winners, and physics among the losers, in the latest deal-making over the mammoth US economic stimulus bill.

As Âé¶¹´«Ã½ went to press, the Senate was expected to pass an of the bill, costing an estimated . According to the , it includes $17.8 billion for research – up from the $13.2 billion proposed by the House of Representatives.

Biomedical research at the would profit, with $6.5 billion more than the House proposed, but the two main agencies supporting the…

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