potential

maybe an actual overdose prevention study will get funded now...

Cash boost coming for stagnant U.S. medical research

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After years of stagnant funding, medical research in the United States is set for a big cash infusion that experts expect will boost work on a range of ailments as well studies involving human embryonic stem cells.

The $787 billion economic stimulus measure President Barack Obama signed on Tuesday includes $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health, with more than $8 billion of it to fund medical studies and the rest to upgrade research facilities. ...