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NIH Research News

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-Apr-2026 11:15 ET (1-Apr-2026 15:15 GMT/UTC)

1-Apr-2026

NIH researchers discover pain-relieving drug with minimal addictive properties

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

16-Mar-2026

Clinical trial results support use of weekly extended-release buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder during pregnancy

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

13-Mar-2026

Researchers develop AI tool to predict patients at risk of intimate partner violence

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

4-Mar-2026

Automated CT scan analysis could fast-track clinical assessments

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

29-Jan-2026

Researchers identify new blood markers that may detect early pancreatic cancer

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

6-Jan-2026

Researchers achieve the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

10-Dec-2025

NIH-led study reveals role of mobile DNA elements in lung cancer progression

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Dec-2025

Researchers find genetic basis for important risk factor in blinding eye disease

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

17-Sep-2025

Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

12-Sep-2025

Acupuncture treatment improves disabling effects of chronic low back pain in older adults

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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NIH Funded Research News

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-Apr-2026 11:15 ET (1-Apr-2026 15:15 GMT/UTC)

1-Apr-2026

NIH researchers discover pain-relieving drug with minimal addictive properties

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

 

University of Cincinnati opens state-of-the-art zebrafish research facility to study infertility

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

31-Mar-2026

 

Chemical compound clears cellular waste, protects neurons in model of frontotemporal dementia

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

Researchers identify the keys to preventing hospitalizations during nursing home flu outbreaks

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

Study identifies key neurons that can jump-start leg movement after spinal cord injury

Texas A&M University

31-Mar-2026

Plastic additives tied to millions of preterm births worldwide

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

Single nutrient fuels cancer-fighting power of T cells

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

New vaccine strategy could help extend immunity against evolving viruses

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

   

Imagination is more than sensory replay

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

31-Mar-2026

Stress tested, testing stress: Novel organoid models how the adrenal gland develops

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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