NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — after years of denials
At long last, National Institutes of Health (NIH) principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak admitted to Congress ...
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NIH’s Approach To Funding Biomedical Research Exacerbates Inequality And Health Disparities
The NIH’s current system for funding scientific research perpetuates health disparities by privileging established, well-resourced institutions and reinforcing an individual-level focus on disease ...
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Liberating the Lab Chimps: A New Chapter for NIH Research Animals
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to relocate 23 retired research chimpanzees from New Mexico to a sanctuary in ...
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The mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to develop the knowledge needed to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease, illness, and disability. NIH employs some of the world’s ...
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National Academies calls to change how biomedical research uses race and ethnicity
Race and ethnicity are applied in inappropriate and even harmful ways in biomedical research, the National Academies of ...
Service dogs can reduce the severity of PTSD for veterans – new research
Service dogs can alleviate some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans, according to a study our team ...
Retired Research Chimps Moving to Louisiana Sanctuary
The National Institutes of Health confirmed Friday that 23 chimps from New Mexico will make the move in the coming months.
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Health and science experts on their hopes and worries for the Trump era
We are benefitted by a hard-wired health care and science infrastructure — difficult to deconstruct — and it is functioning ...
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UB dental school receives $7.3 million NIH grant to develop germ-free microbiome research facility
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine has received a $7.38 million grant from the Office of ...
Newly funded research to study link between social media, mental health in teens
Better understanding the relationship between social media use and mental health is why the National Institutes of Health is ...
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Professor Appointed Chair of National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Research Hospital Board
Jack Leslie (SFS ’76), professor of the practice in the Georgetown University School of Health (SOH), was named chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center Research Hospital Board ...