This is the continuing renewal application of the Skin Diseases Research Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the affiliated TVHS, Nashville Campus (VAMC). The setting is that of an established academic medical center which has over the past decade significantly and consistently expanded both research and clinical enterprises. The VAMC is an integral part of the research community, is physically and organizationally closely linked to VUMC and continues to provide valued opportunities for research space and funding. VUMC is within a period of reinvigorated leadership and growth; one proving favorable for the continued influence and growth of the SDRCC. The Vanderbilt SDRCC began and continues as a broadly based, interdisciplinary group. The theme is that of mechanisms of cutaneous growth, development, differentiation and repair as viewedany of the numerous areas where net neutrality violations now occur, from usage caps, overage fees and zero rating, to interconnection shenanigans designed to drive up costs for streaming video competitors like Netflix. But with Democrats hoping to use net neutrality as a wedge issue in the coming midterms (and pushing for a repeal reversal via the CRA), these bogus solutions haven't seen much traction outside of paid editorial support by telecom lobbyists.

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