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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to seek fundamental knowledge to improve health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability by funding creative, innovative, and rigorous scientific research. Its specific goals include fostering discoveries and their applications, developing and renewing scientific resources, and ensuring the highest level of scientific integrity, accountability, and reproducibility in all its work. The NIH also focuses on translating basic research into new prevention methods, diagnostics, and treatments, and promoting a diverse and inclusive research workforce.