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The US National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. The NIH traces its roots to 1887, when a one-room laboratory was created within the Marine Hospital Service (MHS), predecessor agency to the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). The NIH is the largest funder of health sciences research in the world and is the federal government's focal point for conducting and supporting medical research. The National Institutes of Health is the nation's leading medical research agency, investigating the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases.