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Kathy Ireland: The Tragic Shortfall in Down Syndrome Research

Courtesy Kathy Ireland Kathy Ireland (Oct. 11) -- Three months ago, my niece Polly was born. In the short time since, she's already undergone one extensive surgery to repair two holes in heart. And we've now learned that she has one additional opening on her heart that may or may not close without further surgery. Like...

Feds Pay Doctors $161M to Design Drugs Just for You

(Sept. 9) -- The use of genomic sequencing to create personalized medical prescriptions, a process that's already making rapid strides, got a financial boost this week. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will invest $161.3 million over five years in its Pharmacogenetics Research Network (PGRN). The decade-old...

Opinion: Science Shoved Aside in Stem Cell Ruling

(Aug. 25) -- Federal funding for stem cell research is once again being held back by politics. Monday, a federal court, in granting an injunction against federally funded human embryonic stem cell research, allowed a vocal minority to hold science hostage to a narrow political agenda. Judge Royce Lamberth's injunction...

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research.

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