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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BENNINGHOFF, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FLECK, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, MAJOR, MILLARD, MURT, PAYNE, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, SAYLOR, SONNEY, WAGNER AND WATSON, OCTOBER 19, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 19, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating October 21, 2011, as "Biomedical Research Day" in |
2 | Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in the United |
4 | States and especially in this Commonwealth is recognized as a |
5 | world leader in discoveries which promote health and the |
6 | treatment of disease; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Virtually every major medical advance in the past |
8 | century has depended upon biomedical research; and |
9 | WHEREAS, These advances include the prevention and treatment |
10 | of cancer, discoveries of vaccines for the prevention of |
11 | measles, mumps, polio and hepatitis, and medications to treat |
12 | high blood pressure, arthritis and mental illness, among many |
13 | others; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Biomedical research has helped increase the life |
15 | span of people in the United States through the development of |
16 | vaccines, antibiotics and anti-infective drugs; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the |
2 | elimination of many epidemic diseases and has helped to prevent |
3 | numerous childhood killers in the United States; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Biomedical researchers are working diligently toward |
5 | cures for Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, acquired immune |
6 | deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, heart |
7 | and lung diseases, mental illnesses, multiple sclerosis and |
8 | countless other diseases affecting millions of people in the |
9 | United States; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the health |
11 | and well-being of animals through vaccines and has helped the |
12 | prospects of endangered species by reducing diseases and |
13 | promoting reproduction; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Biomedical research offers the best hope for new |
15 | breakthroughs in disease detection and treatment; and |
16 | WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in this |
17 | Commonwealth and throughout the United States is recognized as |
18 | the world leader in discovering and developing new knowledge and |
19 | ideas that promote better health and the treatment of disease; |
20 | therefore be it |
21 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate October |
22 | 21, 2011, as "Biomedical Research Day" in Pennsylvania in |
23 | recognition of the biomedical research community and its service |
24 | to this Commonwealth. |
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