A new analysis found that the National Institutes of Health is funding more conservative research projects, which does not promote great new discoveries, the authors argue.
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.
A trio of Stanford researchers rose to the defense of the National Institutes of Health and of the importance of basic research in a letter (subscription …
This 45-second animation vividly illustrates the funding crisis that young scientists face as they work to launch their research careers: For the last three decades, …
Important discoveries in science are often called "big" breakthroughs, yet much of the information that makes these "aha" moments possible is found in the most …
This morning the National Institutes of Health announced that it halted a clinical trial on high blood pressure in order to share the results publicly right …
If you've ever tried folding a map, packing an overnight bag or coiling a string of holiday lights, you know that the way you arrange …
The more scientists learn about the body's community of bacteria, the more they believe that the human microbiome plays an important role in our overall …
These days it seems that just about anything can be recreated on a microchip. But still, I did a double-take when I read about the new …
Worldwide obesity rates have more than doubled since 1980, and today the majority of the global population live in areas where being overweight kills more …
It's not surprising that interaction with their mothers is helpful to babies who are born prematurely - but new research spotlights some of the specific …
Do you do yoga, take probiotics, see a chiropractor, or follow a special diet? If so, you're not alone; roughly 34 percent of Americans make …
Last week, the NIH announced its support for an initiative to study how new technologies can shed light on the placenta's function and health during …
I'll skip the name word play - it's just too obvious - but I won't skip Michael Angelo's work. Angelo, MD, a pathology instructor at …
Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association ran a Viewpoint article from Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health and Kathy Hudson, …
Here’s an interesting factoid about our genomes: If you stretched out the DNA in a single cell, which is only a few millionths of an …
