National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins, clockwise from top left, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore, Christianity Today President Timothy Dalrymple and Jamie Aten, co-director ...

News that Francis S. Collins is stepping down as director of the National Institutes of Health ... hold mythical status in some quarters, and is considered by many to be a gift himself.

Dr. Francis Collins discovered genes that cause cystic fibrosis, ... a gift from his colleagues when he stepped down as head of the National Human Genome Research Institute in 2008.

Francis Collins issues a call to stand on the middle ground. Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, reconciles his Christian faith with scientific theory, including evolution, in ...