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Lack of federal funds may have forced Oregon university to drop idea of converting national primate center into science-free refuge

University votes to consider ending all studies at Oregon National Primate Research Center. But cost and feasibility are still in doubt

In response to a call from President Donald Trump to make the positive impact of Covid-19 vaccines public, drug giant Pfizer posted a collection of more than 200 press releases and statements and 27 p...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...

The U.S. life science research mission is critical not only to human health and understanding the natural world but also to agriculture and food production, technological innovations, socioeconomic progress, and our national defense and leadership worldwide. A 2025 Research!America survey reveals that 92% of Americans want government to actively work to promote medical progress, in part by funding infectious and chronic disease research. Why? Because biomedical research saves lives, prevents suffering, and increases quality of life for not only Americans but for people throughout the world. While less well appreciated, science also drives enormous economic growth. Indeed, historically there has been widespread bipartisan support for biomedical funding by the federal government. Below we discuss the U.S. scientific research enterprise and provide evidence and arguments we hope the ASM community can use to advocate for science.

Scientists, researchers and students from several Oregon universities were among the crowd of more than 500 people rallying against federal directives threatening funding for scientific and medical re...

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…

The drug, Journavx by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, blocks pain signals to the brain, making it nonaddictive.

NIH findings with potential for enhancing human health include insights into the mechanisms of ME/CFS, a skin test to detect Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, and a promising target for catar...

Both cytosolic DNA species and innate immune STING signaling are required for stressed cells to activate phagocytes.

Nishimura et al. demonstrate that NBR1 is a synthetic vulnerability of p62 deficiency in HSCs by opposingly regulating the STING-interferon cascade. NBR1 ablation results in the accumulation of STING and its ability to activate IFN signaling, antagonizing the effect of p62 deficiency, which increases anti-tumor immunity in HCC.

Solute carrier proteins (SLCs) are pivotal for maintaining cellular homeostasis by transporting small molecules across cellular membranes. Recent discoveries have uncovered their involvement in modula...

How does the NIH work and where does it work well?

Here, the authors show that signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has dual functions in small cell lung cancer as its deletion inhibited primary tumor growth but boosted metastati...

imageimageUpon activation, STING traffics to the Golgi and induces NF-κB signaling through poorly understood mechanisms. This study shows that E3 ligase HOIP recruitment to STING-positive Golgi-relate...

#MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why.

The Stanford physician was excoriated by NIH’s director in 2020 for his “fringe” ideas on covid. Four years later, he’s poised for power in Trump’s Washington.

RFK Jr, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control over public health policy if he wins

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Jay A. Nelson, who left us on January 20th. He was a loving husband, a devoted father, and grandfather. His presence will be deeply

Bill Ackman used plagiarism charges in pushing to remove Harvard president Claudine Gay. But new reporting shows his wife Neri Oxman also plagiarized.