Proponents of the research on breast cancer, known as pioneers for their collection efforts to fund huge success, are again going where no lobby the disease has gone before :? They are hoping Congress will authorize the sale of the first stamp to put money to study a disease.
the idea, first proposed the representative Vic Fazio (D-CA) by an oncologist Sacramento, is rushes by Congress. Last week, the Senate approved an amendment to the bill of costs the Treasury-Postal, sponsored by Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), which controls the postal service to create a special stamp costs a penny more than the stamps first class regular. Additional expenses, less administrative costs, would go to research on breast cancer in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, parent of National Institutes of Health (NIH). Feinstein said the patch could increase to $ 60 million for breast cancer if she submitted 10% of the market. When Science NOW was posted, the House was ready to vote on a similar bill that would set aside up to 8 cents per stamp, and give 70% of the money directly to NIH the other 30% to the Ministry of Defence.
postal service opposes the proposal, however, saying his mission is delivering mail, do not fund research. Observers of the biomedical community are doubtful, too. "If you do this for a disease," says a former House appropriations staff member, "clearly there will be a very important benefit of all other disease groups, very fast. This could kill for everyone . You can not make 0 stamps for each disease. "skeptics Senate also note that the idea flopped in Canada, where sales of these stamps were tiny.
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