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April 18, 2000
Katz Sees Directorship as
Rowley To Give Pittman Lecture
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Campus' Major Unseen Construction Project — 'NIH
Business System'
By Rich McManus
There is a large construction project on campus that began last
September and will likely last for the next 5 years, consuming the
attention of hundreds of workers, costing an estimated $50 million
over 5 years, and affecting the daily activities of at least 5,000
NIH'ers. Unlike the turned earth, diverted traffic and unsettled
parking prompted by construction of the new Clinical Research
Center and laboratory Bldgs. 50 and 40, this project — the
NIH Business System (NBS) — is going up without the usual
signs visible to the average employee. And unlike the new buildings,
the new system will eventually affect everyone who works at NIH.
Oxygen Atom Makes Difference By Rich McManus
There is a ubiquitous sugar molecule on the cells of humans that
differs only by the lack of a single oxygen atom from a cousin sugar
commonly found on cell surfaces of our nearest genomic ancestors,
the great apes. Thus far, it is the sole genetic
difference — species-wide — distinguishing man from
chimp, orangutan, gorilla and bonobo. And from all other mammals
studied so far. | ||||
