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Obama shoots for science increase

15 February 2012 The original table entry for the FDA was unclear about the contribution of industry user fees to the overall budget for the agency. This has now been adjusted for clarity.

A Correction to this article was published on 22 February 2012

US president wants to make room for research to grow in 2013 — but faces an uphill battle.

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    The original table entry for the FDA was unclear about the contribution of industry user fees to the overall budget for the agency. This has now been adjusted for clarity.

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Semeniuk, I., Wadman, M., Young, S. et al. Obama shoots for science increase. Nature 482, 283–285 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/482283a

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