THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BEAR, BEYER, BRADFORD, CLYMER, CUTLER, DALEY, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, MAJOR, MILLARD, MILNE, MURT, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROSS, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Designating October 21, 2010, as "Biomedical Research Day" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in the United

States and especially in this Commonwealth is recognized as a

world leader in discoveries which promote health and the

treatment of disease; and

WHEREAS, Virtually every major medical advance in the past

century has depended upon biomedical research; and

WHEREAS, These advances include the prevention and treatment

of cancer, discoveries of vaccines for the prevention of

measles, mumps, polio and hepatitis, and medications to treat

high blood pressure, arthritis and mental illness, among many

others; and

WHEREAS, Biomedical research has helped increase the life

span of people in the United States through the development of

vaccines, antibiotics and anti-infective drugs; and

WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the

elimination of many epidemic diseases and has helped to prevent

numerous childhood killers in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Biomedical researchers are working diligently toward

cures for Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, acquired immune

deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, heart

and lung diseases, mental illnesses, multiple sclerosis and

countless other diseases affecting millions of people in the

United States; and

WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the health

and well-being of animals through vaccines and has helped the

prospects of endangered species by reducing diseases and

promoting reproduction; and

WHEREAS, Biomedical research offers the best hope for new

breakthroughs in disease detection and treatment; and

WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in this

Commonwealth and throughout the United States is recognized as

the world leader in discovering and developing new knowledge and

ideas that promote better health and the treatment of disease;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate October

21, 2010, as "Biomedical Research Day" in Pennsylvania in

recognition of the biomedical research community and its service

to this Commonwealth.