durbin: my last comment, geo blast toma as an example. we lost john mccain, ted kennedy, and beau biden and i hope that even at northwestern university where there are research breakthroughs that we can find a way to treat this malady more effectively. thank you. chair baldwin: senator hyde-smith. sen. hyde-smith: thank you, chairman and ranking member, and i appreciate our panel being here today. i am going to direct my question to dr. rathmell. the university of mississippi, my state, is the only academic medical center, much like senator capito. we are working to achieve our nci designation, but we are not there yet. and ummc does a fantastic job, first lung transplant and heart transplant in the country in the early 1960's. i am proud of that. so we are working hard to get there but we aren't there yet. my question is, as we work to get there, we are talking about the trials and treatments and being able to participate in that. although we don't have that designation yet, bringing these trials and treatments to mississippi and what th