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NHGRI Launches Improved Online Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, today launched the next generation of its online Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms. The glossary contains several new features, including more than 100 colorful illustrations and more than two dozen 3-D animations that allow the user to dive in and see genetic concepts in action at the cellular level.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Centralized Review Process Markedly Expedites Approval of Cancer Clinical TrialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study of the CIRB was performed by scientists at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) and Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif., with assistance from NCI and appears online October 19, 2009 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Newborn Screening Research Program Named In Memory of Hunter KellyEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health today announced the establishment of a research program to enhance newborn screening, in memory of the son of National Football League Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Launches Second Phase of Patient Reported Outcomes InitiativeEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health announced today that it is awarding 15 new grants to further develop and test the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Managed by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), PROMIS aims to revolutionize the way patient reported outcome tools are selected and employed in clinical research and practice.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Scientists Discover Protein Receptor for Carbonation TasteEmail this article to a colleague.
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In 1767, chemist Joseph Priestley stood in his laboratory one day with an idea to help English mariners stay healthy on long ocean voyages. He infused water with carbon dioxide to create an effervescent liquid that mimicked the finest mineral waters consumed at European health spas. Priestley's man-made tonic, which he urged his benefactors to test aboard His Majesty's ships, never prevented a scurvy outbreak. But, as the decades passed, his carbonated water became popular in cities and towns for its enjoyable taste and later as the main ingredient of sodas, sparkling wines, and all variety of carbonated drinks.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, October 15, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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This seventh annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day marks an occasion for all of us to consider the impact HIV has had on the Latino community and what we can do to prevent future infections among the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group in the United States.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Awards New Grants to Build Capacity in Informatics in Global HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced it will award more than $9.23 million to eight global health informatics programs over the next five years. Fogarty's Informatics Training for Global Health program is intended to increase informatics expertise in low- and middle-income countries by training scientists to design information systems and apply computer-supported management and analysis to biomedical research. Medicine and biomedical research are knowledge-based fields that depend upon the sharing of information. Informatics, the science of handling large volumes of i...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 14, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Investment in Parkinson's Disease Data Bank Yields Potential TherapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Individuals with Parkinson's disease who have higher levels of a metabolite called urate in their blood and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have a slower rate of disease progression, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 13, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Prepares to Launch 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Trial in People with AsthmaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health is preparing to launch the first government-sponsored clinical trial to determine what dose of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine is needed to induce a protective immune response in people with asthma, especially those with severe disease. The study is cosponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), both part of NIH.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Awards Grants to Examine Factors Influencing Women's Careers in ScienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health announced today that it will fund 14 grants focusing on factors that influence the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral science and engineering. The grants are estimated to total $16.8 million over four years.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NHLBI to Convene Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative MedicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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With advancements in the field of stem cell research accelerating, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold its third Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine to review the latest findings in the field and examine future directions. The symposium will include a discussion on ways to move promising findings in the laboratory into clinical trials, in hopes of speeding stem cell-related treatments to patients.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Consortium of Researchers Discover Retroviral Link to Chronic Fatigue SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have discovered a potential retroviral link to chronic fatigue syndrome, known as CFS, a debilitating disease that affects millions of people in the United States. Researchers from the Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI), located at the University of Nevada, Reno, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Cleveland Clinic, report this finding online Oct. 8, 2009, issue of Science.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Gene Mutation Linked to Type of Childhood CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers have identified a gene that may play a role in the
growth and spread of a childhood cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma,
which develops in the body's soft tissues. The finding has revealed
a potential new target for the treatment of this disease. The study,
by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, components of the National Institutes
of Health, and colleagues at The Children's Hospital in Westmead,
Australia, and the Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio,
was published online Oct. 5, 2009, ...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Gene Duplication Identified in an Uncommon Form of Bone CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have discovered that a familial form of a rare bone cancer called chordoma is explained not by typical types of changes or mutations in the sequence of DNA in a gene, but rather by the presence of a second copy of an entire gene. Inherited large structural changes, known as copy number variations (CNVs), have been implicated in some hereditary diseases but have seldom been reported as the underlying basis for a familial cancer. This finding appeared online Oct. 4, 2009, in Nature Genetics and was done by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Grantees Win 2009 Nobel Prize in ChemistryEmail this article to a colleague.
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The 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry is shared by two grantees of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Thomas A. Steitz, Ph.D., of Yale University, New Haven, CT and Ada E. Yonath, Ph.D., of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. The two researchers share the award with a former NIH grantee, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom. The three researchers are honored for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Ribosomes produce proteins, which in turn control the chemistry in all living organisms.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIAID Announces Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery ContractsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, today awarded six new research contracts to discover and characterize novel adjuvants, substances that can be added to vaccines to enhance the protective immune response they induce.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Statement from Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, on World Sight Day, Oct. 8, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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On World Sight Day 2009, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, joins with groups around the globe to recognize vision as a public health priority. We at the NEI reaffirm our commitment to preventing and treating blinding eye conditions through scientific research and educational programs.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Short Strand of RNA May Help Predict Survival and Response to Treatment for Patients with Liver CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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A small RNA molecule, known as a microRNA, may help physicians identify liver cancer patients who, in spite of their poor prognosis, could respond well to treatment with a biological agent called interferon. The finding, by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their partners at Fudan University, Shanghai, and the University of Hong Kong in China and at Ohio State University, Columbus, appeared in the Oct. 8, 2009, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 7, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Prostate Tumors Can Change the Function of Immune Cells in MiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers have discovered that prostate tumors in mice can cause immune cells known as CD8+ T cells to change their function from cells that have antitumor activity to cells that suppress immune responses. This finding, by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has important implications for the design of immune-based therapies for cancer.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 7, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NHLBI Awards $170 Million to Fund Stem Cell ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $170 million to be paid over seven years to 18 teams of research scientists to develop the high-potential field of stem and progenitor cell tools and therapies.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 7, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Grantees Win 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Telomere ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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The 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is shared by three grantees of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH): Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D, of University
of California, San Francisco; Carol W. Greider, Ph.D, of Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine; and Jack W. Szostak, Ph.D, of Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The three researchers,
supported by NIH funding for decades, are honored for discovering how chromosomes
are protected against degradation by telomeres through the enzyme telomerase.
Their discoveries added a new dimension to the scient...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 6, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Cocaine Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating AddictionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Immunization with an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine resulted
in a substantial reduction in cocaine use in 38 percent of vaccinated
patients in a clinical trial supported by the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of
Health. The study, published in the October issue of the Archives
of General Psychiatry, is the first successful, placebo-controlled
demonstration of a vaccine against an illicit drug of abuse.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIDCR Launches the FaceBase ConsortiumEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although about half of all birth defects involve the face and skull, scientists remain unclear about why most occur. To help families at risk for these conditions, what's needed is a comprehensive and systematic understanding of how the faces of healthy children develop and what goes awry to cause common malformations. With today's improved technologies, researchers can generate megabytes of information in a single experiment on hundreds of genes that are involved in the process. The challenge now is to learn how best to integrate this information into a meaningful whole, while adding new data to form a more comprehensive ...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Announces Expansion of Rare Diseases Clinical Research NetworkEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health announced today a second phase
of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) including
funds for 19 research consortia. The Rare Diseases Clinical Research
Consortia and a Data Management Coordinating Center (DMCC) will
be awarded a total of just over $117 million over the next five
years. The research conducted with the new funding will explore
the natural history, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of
more than 95 rare diseases.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Sister Study Exceeds Recruitment Goal: Now The Real Work BeginsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has many reasons to celebrate this October as it recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The NIEHS Sister Study began recruiting women for this landmark study during Breast Cancer Awareness month in October 2004 and this October has reached a milestone. It has recruited nearly 51,000 women from all walks of life, whose sisters had breast cancer, to participate in this long-term study that is focusing on uncovering environmental and genetic factors that influence breast cancer risk. These sisters and researchers hav...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIDDK Announces Availability of More Current Kidney Disease DataEmail this article to a colleague.
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Incidence and prevalence data for end-stage kidney disease in the United States will be available online from the U.S. Renal Data System a year earlier than usual, announces the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 2, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
United States and Four Latin American Countries Partner to Battle CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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The United States National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, formalized bilateral partnerships this week with the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay, to accelerate progress against cancer in Hispanic populations in the United States and Latin America and improve cancer research.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Grants $152 Million in Institutional Development AwardsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today it will provide up to an estimated $152 million over the next five years to fund Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) in nine IDeA-eligible states. By promoting the development, coordination and sharing of research resources and expertise, these awards expand research opportunities and increase the number of competitive investigators in 23 eligible states and Puerto Rico. The INBRE is a component of the IDeA program, which is designed to improve the competitivene...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The NHLBI's COPD Learn More Breathe Better Campaign Expands Community NetworkEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has approved the award of 15 contracts under its communications contract with Porter Novelli totaling $462,000 to leading community-based lung health organizations from New Hampshire to California to support efforts to improve awareness and understanding of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the nation's fourth leading cause of death.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Frozen Assets: NIAID Researchers Turn to Unique Resource for Clues to Norovirus EvolutionEmail this article to a colleague.
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A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The team customized a laboratory technique to screen thousands of samples for norovirus, a major cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in people of all ages. What they discovered about the rate of evolution of a specific group of noroviruses could help researchers develop specific antiviral drugs and, potentially, a vaccine against a disease that is very unpleasant and sometimes deadly.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Treating Even Mild Gestational Diabetes Reduces Birth ComplicationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A National Institutes of Health network study provided the first conclusive evidence that treating pregnant women who have even the mildest form of gestational diabetes can reduce the risk of common birth complications among infants, as well as blood pressure disorders among mothers.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Drug That Crosses Blood-Brain Barrier Reduces Formation of Brain Metastases in MiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The drug vorinostat is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and
reduce the development of large metastatic tumors in mice brains
by 62 percent when compared to mice that did not receive the drug,
according to a new study. In humans, the drug has been approved
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a
cancer called cutaneous T-cell lymphoma but can be used experimentally
to study its effectiveness against other cancers. This research,
by investigators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of
the National Institutes of Health, and their col...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 29, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Funds Four Centers of Excellence in Genomic ScienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), both part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced grants expected to total approximately $45 million to establish new Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as well as to continue support of existing centers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Southern California.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 28, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day September 27, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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On Sept. 27, the second annual National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we pause to mourn the hundreds of thousands of gay and bisexual men who have died with AIDS, and we strengthen our resolve to end this terrible scourge.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 25, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Clinical Center Testing Automated Cell Expansion SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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The ease and security of automation is coming to bone marrow stromal cell expansion in a new machine in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center's Department of Transfusion Medicine. Reducing the current manual method guarantees less contamination and frees staff time for other procedures.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 25, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Panel Urges Further Research to determine which DCIS Patients may be Candidates for Less-Invasive TherapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common non-invasive lesion of the breast, presents unique challenges for patients and providers largely because the natural course of the untreated disease is not well understood. Because most women diagnosed with DCIS are treated, it is difficult to determine the comparative benefits of different treatment strategies versus active surveillance, meaning systematic follow-up. An independent panel convened by the NIH urged the scientific community to identify appropriate biomarkers and other prognostic factors to better predict the risk of developing breast cancer.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 25, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Announces 115 Awards to Encourage High-Risk Research and InnovationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that it is awarding $348 million to encourage investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 24, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
HIV Vaccine Regimen Demonstrates Modest Preventive Effect in Thailand Clinical StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection in a clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult participants in Thailand. Following a final analysis of the trial data, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, the trial sponsor, announced today that the prime-boost investigational vaccine regimen was safe and 31 percent effective in preventing HIV infection.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 24, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Scientists Identify Genetic Cause of Previously Undefined Primary Immune Deficiency DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation that accounts for a perplexing condition found in people with an inherited immunodeficiency. The disorder, called combined immunodeficiency, is characterized by a constellation of severe health problems, including persistent bacterial and viral skin infections, severe eczema, acute allergies and asthma, and cancer.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 24, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIDA's 2009 Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative HIV/AIDS Research AnnouncedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Four scientists have been selected as this year's winners of the Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS research, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today. The annual award competition, now in its second year, is intended to stimulate high-impact research that may lead to groundbreaking opportunities for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in drug abusers. Winning scientists receive $500,000 per year, plus associated facilities and administrative costs, for five years to support their research.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Early Results: In Children, 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Works Like Seasonal Flu VaccineEmail this article to a colleague.
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Early results from a trial testing a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in children look promising, according to the trial sponsor, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Preliminary analysis of blood samples from a small group of trial participants shows that a single 15-microgram dose of a non-adjuvanted 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine -- the same dose that is in the seasonal flu vaccine -- generates an immune response that is expected to be protective against 2009 H1N1 influenza virus in the majority of 10- to 17- year-olds eight to 10 days following vaccinatio...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Opens Website for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Approval and Announces Members of Working Group, September 21, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announces that NIH is now accepting requests for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to be approved for use in NIH-funded research. The NIH Director is also pleased to announce the members of a new working group of the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD): the Working Group for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Eligibility Review.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging and Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D., Director, NIH Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health on National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, September 18, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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HIV/AIDS began its deadly course in the United States mostly as a disease of young men, but today the epidemic touches people of all ages, including adults aged 50 and older. On September 18, the first National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, we pause to recognize the importance of preventing HIV infection in this age group and understanding and addressing the unique health effects of the virus on older Americans.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Funds Grantees Focusing on Epigenomics of Human Health and DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health announced today that it will fund 22 grants on genome-wide studies of how epigenetic changes — chemical modifications to genes that result from diet, aging, stress, or environmental exposures — define and contribute to specific human diseases and biological processes.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH Releases Innovative Approach to Exploring Bioethics in New Curriculum SupplementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Should Carl, a high school baseball player, take steroids to improve his performance and win a college scholarship? Luke is 58 years old, Emily is 36, and Mario is just 6 months old. All have liver failure. Which one should get the liver that has become available for transplantation? Joy refuses to be vaccinated. Should she be forced to get a vaccine? Does it matter that the reason she doesn’t want to be vaccinated is her fear of needles? Would her refusal be fairer if vaccinations were against her religious beliefs? Now teachers will have an innovative approach for students to address these and other bioethical questions.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Electronic Nose Sniffs out ToxinsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Imagine a polka-dotted postage stamp-sized sensor that can sniff out some known poisonous gases and toxins and show the results simply by changing colors. Support for the development and application of this electronic nose comes from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. The new technology is discussed in this month's issue of Nature Chemistry and exemplifies the types of sensors that are being developed as part of the NIH Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI).
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH to Hold Press Telebriefing on September 24 following State-of-the-Science Conference on Ductal carcinoma in situEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a condition in which abnormal cells are found in the lining of a breast duct. Although the natural course of DCIS is not well understood, this intraductal carcinoma can become invasive cancer and spread to other tissues. However, not all DCIS will progress to invasive disease, and it is thought that DCIS can be present in some individuals without causing problems over a long period. Unfortunately, it is currently not clear which lesion types are more likely to become invasive. There is also still uncertainly regarding the most effective treatment modality and how this may vary by specific...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New Web Site Promotes Interoperable Newborn Screening DataEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as a number of professional organizations, to enable more effective use of newborn screening test results in assessing child healt...
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIDA NewsScan #63Email this article to a colleague.
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NewsScan #63 highlights research on a variety of subject areas, including methadone treatment, effects of gender on morphine effectiveness, marijuana prevention campaigns, correlation between crack cocaine use and HIV/AIDS and high school drug prevention programs as well as how genes play a role in nicotine addiction, how an electronic diary can capture cues that may lead to heroin and cocaine use, and physical damages of steroid abusers on aging population.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 14, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New Treatment Found to Reduce Vision Loss from Central Retinal Vein OcclusionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have identified the first long-term, effective treatment to improve vision and reduce vision loss associated with blockage of large veins in the eye. This research was part of a multi-center, phase III clinical trial supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institutes of Health.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 14, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
