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.
Tag: NIH
A look at cervical cancer prevention and screening
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.
Stanford researchers defend NIH and relevance of basic research
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 …
NIH tries to reduce the gray in the grant pool
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, …
Video reconstruction reveals stunning detail within a tiny section of brain
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 …
NIH-funded study shows effectiveness of intensive blood pressure management
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 …
The quest to unravel complex DNA structures gets a boost from new technology and NIH funding
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 …
Investigating the human microbiome: “We’re only just beginning and there is so much more to explore”
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 …
Scientists create a placenta-on-a-chip to safely study process and pitfalls of pregnancy
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 …
Capturing the metabolic signature of obesity
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 …
Maternal interaction helps pre-term infants grow, study shows
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 …
Podcast explores Americans’ use of complementary medicine
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 …
NIH puts focus on the placenta, the “fascinating” and “least understood” organ
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 …
Stanford instructor called out for his innovative – and beautiful – imaging work
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 …
Transparency in clinical trials: The importance of getting the whole picture
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, …
DNA origami: How our genomes fold
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 …