The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Tuesday a major new initiative aimed at advancing human-based research methods while reducing reliance on animal testing.

A handful of scientists whose funding was canceled by the Trump administration are now seeing those decisions reversed — and it’s not always clear why.

The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes the use of human-based research to improve health ...

Adelaide Tovar, PhD, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an ...

AACR president received a standing ovation in rousing call to action for the cancer research community's response to funding ...

NIH Director Dr Jay Bhattacharya announced plans for centralizing and expanding the NIH's access to patient data.

The Women's Health Initiative, led by the National Institutes of Health, has made major discoveries over the years.

Since 1971, the US has led the world in funding cancer research and developing new treatments that have driven down death ...

Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears ...

Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.