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Research into Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases would win a boost under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Barbara Mikulski.
The bill is designed to spark innovative research by allocating money to find cures for these ailments. Mikulski, D-Md., was joined at the Capitol Hill announcement by USAgainstAlzheimer’s founder George Vradenburg, as well as the bill’s co-sponsors: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., are also co-sponsors, but did not attend the news conference.