Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Columbia University announced Thursday that its medical school has received $400 million to fund a new institute for basic biomedical research to fuel ...

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The past decade has delivered landmark advances in human and medical genomics that shape how we understand disease mechanisms ...

Medical researchers want to see their work improve the lives of patients. Translating basic biomedical research into clinical practice is complex, costly and challenging, with many attempts falling ...

Exterior view of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. While the Trump Administration's sharp increases in tariffs have received much of the political and economic attention in our ...