National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH discovery brings stem cell therapy for eye disease closer to the clinic

Stem cell-derived retinal cells need primary cilia to support survival of light-sensing photoreceptors.

Diet helps people prevent and treat high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol.

Diet helps people prevent and treat high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol.

Use of labeling technology in mice leads to discoveries in process of natural blood formation.

NIH-funded study finds transplantation superior to treatment with immune-suppressing drug.

Since 2012, the MERS coronavirus has spread to 27 countries and sickened more than 2,000 people

Iodine is used by the body to regulate metabolism, bone growth, and brain development in children.

Findings may aid design of trials to assess strategies to control HIV without drugs.

Finding promises to improve drug design for common forms of cancer.

No longer the future of medicine, gene therapy is part of present-day clinical treatment.