Topic: National Institutes of Health
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2010-02-24 21:20:55
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With an aim of getting experimental new drugs to people quicker, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health announced a plan on Wednesday to work more closely together. Under the new arrangement, the NIH will better design some of its basic research so that potential new drugs can get into the FDA approval ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-02-19 20:24:27
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government broadened the definition of a human embryonic stem cell on Friday, helping qualify several corporate and academic experiments for federal funding.</p><p>Dr. Lana Skirboll, director of the Office of Science Policy of the National ...
AP Features | 2010-02-16 07:03:05
<div><p>Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer — colorectal cancer — miss them, despite years of public efforts to make colon screening as widespread as tests for breast and prostate cancer.</p><p>But what if you opened your mailbox one day ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-01 20:49:01
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health research is a potential winner in the new U.S. budget proposed on Monday, with the National Institutes of Health in line for an extra $1 billion -- the largest increase for the agency in eight years.</p><p>President Barack Obama has put a heavy emphasis on ...
