History’s deadliest infectious disease has a new adversary. Although many think of tuberculosis as a disease of the past, it still kills 1.2 million people annually. Last month, scientists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research published a study in Nature, revealing that they had developed a new compound that could be a tuberculosis treatment breakthrough. The…
NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies
The National Institutes of Health announced on Monday that the biomedical agency would no longer award funding to new grant proposals solely relying on animal testing. The policy was unveiled at the FDA & NIH Workshop on Reducing Animal Testing in comments from Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer, Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning and…