Defense Research Agency Hunts for Biotech Innovators.

BIOTECHNOLOGY research; UNITED States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; INGBER, Donald E.; ARTIFICIAL organs; MEDICAL research; NATIONAL Institutes of Health (U.S.); FEDERAL aid to research; BIOLOGICAL weapons research; FINANCE; PUBLIC spending

The article discusses research funding for biotechnology from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which funded projects such as Harvard University professor Donald E. Ingber's simulated organs for medical testing. DARPA's countermeasures for biological weapons, research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and DARPA's research policies are discussed, as well as encouragement for innovation in research.