(28 Jul 2025) Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an AI agent, GeneAgent, that improves the accuracy of gene set analysis by verifying claims against expert-curated databases. GeneAgent is powered by a large language model (LLM) that generates descriptions of biological processes for given gene sets and then applies an independent self-verification module…
(9 Jul 2025) The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will introduce a cap on how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their work publicly accessible. Scheduled to take effect in Fiscal Year 2026, the move aims to curb excessive article processing charges (APCs), promote transparency, and ensure broader public access to federally funded research. …
(8 Apr 2025) The Trump administration has blocked access to multiple data repositories maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for researchers in several countries, including a cancer statistics database used heavily by scientists in China. The ban is effective April 4 and applies to institutions in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Iran, North…
(7 May 2025) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement its open access policy six months earlier than planned. The rule requires its grantees to make all their publications involving research partially or entirely funded by the agency immediately and freely accessible, along with the supporting data. Reaction to the announcement was mixed. The new Public Access…
(18 Apr 2025) After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now stopping grant and contract payments to Harvard University and four other universities that President Donald Trump’s administration believes have not done enough to combat antisemitism on their campuses. The move will both block new funding and halt payments…
(14 Jul 2023) On 23 June, NIH banned the use of online generative AI tools like ChatGPT “for analyzing and formulating peer-review critiques”—likely spurred in part by a letter from Siegle, who is at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues. After the conference they warned the agency that allowing ChatGPT to write grant reviews is “a…
(15 Sep 2022) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will invest $130 million over four years, pending the availability of funds, to accelerate the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the biomedical and behavioral research communities. The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program is assembling team members from diverse disciplines and…
(16 Feb 2022) The data-sharing policy could set a global standard for biomedical research, scientists say, but they have questions about logistics and equity. In January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin requiring most of the 300,000 researchers and 2,500 institutions it funds annually to include a data-management plan in…
(23 Jul 2019) Figshare, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the pilot launch of a new generalist data repository for all NIH-funded researchers, continuing the NIH’s efforts toward a permanent home for all datasets generated by the research funded by the NIH. The curated NIH data repository is available to use…
(9 September 2014) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today launched ClinRegs, an online public database of country-specific clinical research regulatory information. The ClinRegs website, created and maintained by NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), enables users to explore and compare regulations across different countries. Asian countries include India, Thailand and China.…