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Biomedical Research

The goal of biomedical research is to harness scientific discovery to improve human health.

These explorations have provided a springboard for medical advances including vaccines for measles and polio, insulin for diabetes, antibiotics for infections, medications for high blood pressure, and new strategies to treat and prevent cancer.

Pew has a decades-long commitment to support groundbreaking research by promising early-career biomedical scientists in the United States and Latin America. Our multiyear grants encourage informed risk-taking and collaboration among researchers.

 
Polina Lishko

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Why Do Mosquitoes Bite You?

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In our latest “Scientists at Work” episode, 2015 Pew biomedical scholar Lindy McBride discusses her research on one of the peskiest and deadliest insects on the planet: the mosquito.

Biomedical Programs Bolster Promising Early-Career Scientists
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Nobel Laureate Craig Mello Reflects on the Unifying Force of Science

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Nobel Laureate Craig Mello Reflects on the Unifying Force of Science

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