Friday, May 25, 2012 Publication: Fort Detrick Standard

Museum Grand Opening

$Left to right: Senator Ben Cardin, Lt. Gen. James Peake (retired),former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, Dr. Noe, Director of the Museum, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Chaplain Lt. Col Steven E. West and Navy Commander and Andi Sacks, volunteer docent. \'cut\' a strand of nerve-regeneration scaffolding developed by the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, an element of the USAMRMC.$

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Left to right: Senator Ben Cardin, Lt. Gen. James Peake (retired),former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, Dr. Noe, Director of the Museum, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Chaplain Lt. Col Steven E. West and Navy Commander and Andi Sacks, volunteer docent. 'cut' a strand of nerve-regeneration scaffolding developed by the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, an element of the USAMRMC.

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The National Museum of Health and Medicine celebrated its 150th anniversary and grand opening May 21. Among distinguished guests at the event were US Senator Ben Cardin and US Representative Chris Van Hollen.

The national museum features artifacts from President Abraham Lincoln's assassination including the bullet that killed him. The museum also owns millions of medical objects, including human specimens and some of the first microscopes developed.