New NIGMS Brochure Available

NIGMS recently published a new brochure about the importance of basic biomedical research. Curiosity Creates Cures: The Value and Impact of Basic Research explains the economic payoffs of untargeted research and its role in the development of new medicines, technologies, and scientific tools. Curiosity Creates Cures also emphasizes the importance of scientific collaboration, explains the use of model organisms, and lists recent Nobel laureates in basic biomedical research. If you'd like to order a supply of these publications for your program offices, free copies are available by contacting:

Office of Communications
and Public Liaison, NIGMS
Room 3AN.32
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
301-496-7301
info@nigms.nih.gov

A list of all free NIGMS publications is available online at http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/publist.html.