Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while ...

Human fetal tissue research has helped in the development of some vaccines.

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

The US biomedical funding agency also hints at future restrictions on research involving human embryonic stem cells.

Cambridge researchers have revealed a detailed picture of how the human brain grows from mid-pregnancy through the first ...

Scientists denounced the move, arguing that fetal tissue is crucial for understanding human development and diseases.

Funding for fetal tissue research had already been declining, according to NIH data. In the 2024 fiscal year, the agency ...

The prohibition halts support for projects both inside and outside the N.I.H. President Biden had restored funding after an ...

On January 22, 2026, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued NOT-OD-26-028, prohibiting the use of NIH funds for ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a ban on the research use of human fetal tissue (HFT) obtained from abortions, a prohibition originally put in place during President Trump’s ...