Natalie Phelps, who has stage IV colorectal cancer, is worried about the future of her immunotherapy clinical trial at the NIH. Courtesy Natalie Phelps. Cancer New in medicine Federal agencies.

This fall, she felt hope when she arrived at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for two days of intensive testing to determine whether she qualified for one of Rosenberg’s trials.

Mom with stage 4 cancer approved for clinical trial after NIH funding cuts left her in limbo "My disease is very, very stubborn," she said. "Obviously, it's terrifying.

NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where ...

Among those NIH-funded projects are more than 100 clinical trials that now may be forced to halt abruptly, agency officials told me. And those officials expect further orders to cancel hundreds more.

Researchers who have clinical trial participants staying at the NIH’s on-campus hospital, the Clinical Trial Center, said they weren’t able to order test tubes to draw blood as well as other ...

The NIH funds research that directly leads to the development of new cancer treatments, and to clinical trials that inform clinicians on how to treat people with cancer. Cuts to the NIH's ability to ...

After purchasing for research at the National Institutes of Health was put on hold last week, employees have now been told they can continue working with some current vendors, according to a memo ...

Trial delay ‘could cost them their life’ Immunotherapy is a form of cancer treatment that harnesses a person’s own immune cells to target and fight the disease. The NIH trial specifically ...

Natalie Phelps, who has stage IV colorectal cancer, is worried about the future of her immunotherapy clinical trial at the NIH. - Courtesy Natalie Phelps.

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