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In this article the author talks about the incorporating ethics into technology assessment. It mentions that the technological innovation can bring enormous benefits in material well-being, new technologies can also create social and economic disruptions, national security risks, and ethical dilemmas all of which raise complex questions that democratically elected representatives must be prepared to consider soberly.

The article focuses on technological advances against Alzheimer's Disease. Topics discussed include information on state-of-the-art clinics which involves use of molecular biomarkers; importance of nonpartisan issue-framing and technical analysis in national policymaking; and information on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) program, which deals with dementia care.

The article offers insight on the challenges encountered by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in terms of its rising constrained funding and research value. It notes the almost monotonic growth of the privileged status of NIH in Congress. The scale escalation, fractured constituencies and the neglect towards medical care initiatives of NIH in the country are discusses.

Focuses on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States. Celebrations of the 50th anniversary of its Division of Research Grants; Symposium on peer review; Information on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Alternative to competitive peer review.