Apparently the NIH is going to be sponsoring a huge genetic research project (a-la the human genome project) to map out every single type of genetic defect that causes cancer.

It’s all pretty fascinating but this is actually what caught my eye from a Washington Post article:

“The planets have aligned to tackle cancer in a comprehensive way that we’ve never had the tools to do before,” said Francis S. Collins, director of the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute.

Wait.
Did he just refer to astrology in the same sentence as one of the most scientifically complex research programs ever conceived?
Yes, yes he did.