NIH can't deny chimps sanctuary retirement.

Agency violated federal law when it prevented former lab primates from entering Chimp Haven, federal judge rules.

Enthusiasm, Questions about ARPA-H.

The Biden administration recently proposed creating the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a biomedical research agency under the NIH to accelerate research for widespread diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer disease, and cancer. Although many researchers express enthusiasm for the idea, questions remain about how the entity would function and mesh with existing institutes and agencies.

The Ban on US Government Funding Research Using Human Fetal Tissues: How Does This Fit with the NIH Mission to Advance Medical Science for the Benefit of the Citizenry?

Some have argued that human fetal tissue research is unnecessary and/or immoral. Recently, the Trump administration has taken the drastic--and we believe misguided--step to effectively ban government-funded research on fetal tissue altogether. In this article, we show that entire lines of research and their clinical outcomes would not have progressed had fetal tissue been unavailable. We argue that this research has been carried out in a manner that is ethical and legal, and that it has provided knowledge that has saved lives, particularly those of pregnant women, their unborn fetuses, and newborns. We believe that those who support a ban on the use of fetal tissue are halting medical progress and therefore endangering the health and lives of many, and for this they should accept responsibility. At the very least, we challenge them to be true to their beliefs: if they wish to short-circuit a scientific process that has led to medical advances, they should pledge to not accept for themselves the health benefits that such advances provide.