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NIH Halts Some Research Over Contamination And Safety Concerns

National Institutes of Health has suspended work in two facilities that manufacture drugs used in research. Read... Read more

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Are ‘Right to Try Laws’ Actually Helping Patients Access Unapproved Drugs?

(Reuters Health) - So-called “right to try” laws, intended to expand dying patients’ access to experimental treatments, may not work as... Read more

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NIH Precision Medicine Initiative

The NIH Precision Medicine Initiative is a broad research program to encourage creative approaches to precision medicine, test them rigorously, and... Read more

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