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One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
A new study disputes findings of a 2011 analysis suggesting that black researchers are funded less than their equally qualified white peers.
A company offering experimental stem-cell treatments will carry out its procedures in Mexico after the FDA warned that it would need approval to operate in the U.S.
After a year-long voluntary moratorium to discuss regulations and safety measures, scientists are set to resume controversial H5N1 research.
A National Institutes of Health working group urges the agency to send most of its chimpanzees to a national sanctuary and halt half of the experiments involving such animals.
A neurodegenerative disease researcher found guilty of fabricating results in funding applications has written an open letter of apology and clarification.
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