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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Jan-2026 18:11 ET (10-Jan-2026 23:11 GMT/UTC)

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

10-Sep-2025

Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

3-Sep-2025

One dose of antibiotic treats early syphilis as well as three doses

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

21-Aug-2025

Phantom limb study rewires our understanding of the brain

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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NIH Funded Research News

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Jan-2026 18:11 ET (10-Jan-2026 23:11 GMT/UTC)

9-Jan-2026

Weight loss drugs and bariatric surgery improve the body’s fat ‘balance:’ study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

9-Jan-2026

Inflammatory immune cells predict survival, relapse in multiple myeloma

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Jan-2026

Johns Hopkins-led team creates first map of nerve circuitry in bone, identifies key signals for bone repair

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Jan-2026

Suppressing postoperative inflammation may prolong pain

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Jan-2026

Patients with clonal hematopoiesis have increased heart disease risk following cancer treatment

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Jan-2026

Study: How can we stop the spread of flu?

University of Maryland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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