(Pictured from left to right: Stanley Nelson, MD, Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA, Thomas Sugar, PhD, Arizona State University Polytechnic School, Tom Egan, SRI International, Roy Kornbluh, SRI International, Laura Case, DPT,…

It was seven months to the day that Representatives Upton and DeGette first launched this bold initiative called 21^st Century Cures. In fact, that hearing that would set in motion months and months of proposals for sweeping changes to research infrastructure and academic systems took place just across the hall from where we were now gathered. PPMD,…

If you’re like many families, birthdays and holidays often bring gifts from friends and loved ones far and wide. As my son just celebrated his fourth birthday, he would tear through packages in the hope of finding a new Lego set or Ninja Turtle. He was a bit less interested in the envelopes that accompanied the gifts but patiently waited as Mommy read the cards to him and announced who each gift was from. And the concept of monetary gifts was a bit lost on him. The…