A drug applied to the ears of deaf mice has prompted the regrowth of noise-damaged hair cells and resulted in slight improvements in the animals’ hearing.
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The National Institutes of Health is considering a pilot program that would keep the identity of grant applicants hidden from reviewers.
The National Institutes of Health will get tough on grantees who fail to comply with its open-access funding rule.
Three patents on transgenic apes in the European Union will be challenged by animal rights activists.
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