Federal policy for biomedical and behavioral research

Federal policy for biomedical and behavioral research.

Inventing the NIH: Federal Biomedical Research Policy, 1887-1937

This is a relatively brief yet comprehensive account of the origins and early development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The volume is unmistakably the result of extensive research conducted over a number of years, as evidenced by its great detail, painstaking referencing, and historical accuaracy. Its historical and scientific value is complemented by its being absorbing and enjoy...

Inventing the NIH: federal biomedical research policy, 1887–1937

VICTORIA A. HARDEN, Inventing the NIH: federal biomedical research policy, 1887-1937, Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986, 8vo, pp. xiii, 274, £25.55. Biomedical research in the United States unmistakably is dominated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal government's chief medical research agency. Yet even though this institution looms so large in the c...

Behavioral research on biomedical sexual health technologies: opportunities and directions.

As new sexual health technologies are evaluated and ultimately introduced to the public , behavioral scientists will have unique research opportunities, because biomedical interventions will have limited effect unless individuals are willing to use them and adhere to their requirements. Achieving this acceptance depends upon an understanding of the attitudes and knowledge of the individuals tar...

The Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Prior to Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV)-infected macaques becoming the ‘model of choice’ in the 1990s, chimpanzees were widely used in AIDS vaccine research and testing. Faced with the continued failure to develop an effective human vaccine, some scientists are calling for a return to their widespread use. To assess the past and potential future contribution of chimpanzees to AIDS vaccine ...