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As the Trump administration reshapes biomedicine, it wants to change how scientists test drug safety: animal research.
The Trump administration’s actions on NIH gain-of-function research have raised concerns among scientists, who argue the move could block experiments that are safe and potentially lead to new ...
The NIH's controversial government research lab that had been used to conduct “cruel” and deadly drug experiments on beagles has been shut down, Director Jay Bhattacharya revealed this week.
"I don't think we should do research on dogs or cats," NIH Deputy Director Nicole Kleinstreuer said. "Absolutely not." ...
Health NIH closes experimentation labs accused of brutally killing thousands of beagles for 40+ years Dog experimentation labs ran for more than 40 years, animal rights advocates say ...
PETA applauds Republican lawmakers urging NIH to stop funding animal experiments in foreign labs, supporting the CARGO Act to ...
The issue garnered the attention of many on social media and in Congress in 2021 when White Coat Waste revealed evidence that NIH exported $375,800 to a Tunisian lab for experiments that induced ...
Former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins used a private email to discuss an NIH lab’s history of traumatizing baby monkeys as he sought to contain a brewing scandal and kept ...
Julia Ball pulls DNA and RNA from rhesus monkey bone marrow cells to verify gene editing in the laboratory of Dr. John Tisdale, a Senior Investigator at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood ...
Instead, NIH plans to establish new policies to set aside $210 million this year to fund new lab leaders. This new research fund is expected to increase to $1.1 billion in the next five years ...
NIH layoffs include scientists working on sickle cell and pandemics: ... In the Lab. In the Lab July 21, 2025. STAT Plus: Basic science publications have been falling for a decade.
The National Institutes of Health is in the process of suspending funding for 40 experiments because of fears that the ...