The citation also says he has shown an "outstanding" commitment to bringing the benefits of basic science to medical treatment.

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Some folks in Washington also want to close the deficit by gutting our investments in things like clean energy or medical research or basic science.

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We invented amazing scientific technologies and medical breakthroughs because we invested in basic research and science.

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Ever since Watson and Crick first elucidated the structure of DNA in 1953, medical science has made enormous strides in understanding the basic biological mechanisms of disease.

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They might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but at their most basic level these medical micro-robots are man-made protein "machines" that produce movement through chemical reactions.

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Every major medical treatment from Taxol to Lipitor has its roots in NIH-funded basic science.

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