11.   But the work will undoubtedly have political ramifications, because it comes as President Bush is weighing whether taxpayers should finance research on embryonic stem cells.

12.   California is not the first state to finance basic research.

13.   Clinton supports financing research for a missile defense system, but stops short of endorsing its deployment.

14.   Congress has passed restrictions on the use of federal money to finance research on human embryos.

15.   Drug companies normally finance the research needed to bring a drug to market, but they are not eager to sponsor antimalarials.

16.   Each institute finances research for a group of illnesses, such as cancer, or a part of the body, such as the heart.

17.   Easier access to foundations, corporations and drug companies that can help finance basic research at the various institutions of the health science center.

18.   Drug companies adamantly oppose price controls, saying they would choke off the revenues needed to finance research and reward investors.

19.   Fauci said in an interview that his federal institute would finance meritorious research on the simian virus.

20.   For years, Brush Wellman financed research to develop a genetic test, court papers indicate.