A subgroup of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a leading cause of infertility, may produce excess adrenal hormones, according to an early study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
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Medical Miracle Or Playing God: Human Chimeras Made With Man, Animal Cells Provide New Hope For Organ Transplants
In a world where the demand for organ transplants greatly outnumbers the availability of organ donors, a small division of scientists believes they have a solution: growing human organs inside the bodies of farm animals. Despite the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently denouncing such projects, some independent U.S. research centers have decided to go ahead with plans to grow humans tissue and organs inside the bodies of genetically altered pigs and sheep.
Pelvic Pain May Be Common Among Reproductive-age Women, Study Finds
A high proportion of reproductive-age women may be experiencing pelvic pain that goes untreated, according to a study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
Newt Gingrich: Double the N.I.H. Budget
No one who lived through the 1990s would have suspected that one day people would look back on the period as a golden age of bipartisan cooperation. But in some important ways, it was. Amid the policy fights that followed the Republican victories of 1994, President Bill Clinton and the new majorities in Congress reached one particularly good deal: doubling the budget for the National Institutes of Health.
$10M Grant Establishes Center for Reproductive Genomics
A five-year, $10 million Specialized Research Center grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help scientists from across campus tackle the roots of reproductive issues and train the next generation of reproduction scientists.
A Molecular Explanation for Age-Related Fertility Decline in Women
Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have a new theory as to why a woman’s fertility declines after her mid-30s. They also suggest an approach that might help slow the process, enhancing and prolonging fertility.
Thousands Rally to Support Medical Research Funding
Several thousand people gathered in Washington on Monday to push Congress to restore more than $2 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health, warning that without the money, advances in areas such as breast cancer research may be lost.