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NIH News National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
News Releases from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Statement of Daniel Rotrosen, M.D., Director, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Raising Awareness to the Personal and Research Challenges of Food AllergyThe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the nation’s
principal supporter of food allergy research. |
Molecular Pathway in Muscle Helps Explain Effectiveness of Diabetes InterventionsScientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), demonstrate for the first time in a mouse model that
skeletal muscle cells cultured in a low-calorie environment refrain
from differentiating, an energy-demanding process by which cells
mature and specialize. |
First Addiction Science Award to be Given to Students at International Science FairThis year, for the first time, three students will receive awards for exemplary projects in Addiction Science at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest science competition for high school students. The Addiction Science award is co-sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company. |
Mothers' High Normal Blood Sugar Levels Place Infants at Risk for Birth ProblemsPregnant women with blood sugar levels in the higher range of normal -- but not high enough to be considered diabetes -- are more likely than women with lower blood sugar levels to give birth to babies at risk for many of the same problems seen in babies born to women with diabetes during pregnancy, according to a study funded in large part by the National Institutes of Health. |
Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequence PublishedThe first analysis of the genome sequence of the duck-billed platypus
was published today by an international team of scientists, revealing
clues about how genomes were organized during the early evolution
of mammals. The research was supported in part by the National
Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). |
NIHSeniorHealth Offers Tips on Eating Well as You Get OlderHow should you eat as you get older? Which foods are likely to
keep you most healthy and which ones should you limit? Is it possible
to eat well and stay within a healthy weight? These and other questions
are addressed in "Eating Well as You Get Older," the latest topic
to be added to NIHSeniorHealth, the health and wellness Web site
developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), both part of the National Institutes
of Health. |
Studies Test New Approaches to Islet TransplantationResearchers from 11 medical centers in the United States,
Canada, Sweden, and Norway have begun testing new approaches to
transplanting clusters of insulin-producing islets in adults with
difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes. The clinical studies,
funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will determine
whether changes to current methods of islet transplantation lead
to improved, long-lasting control of blood glucose with fewer side
effects. |
Researchers Find Quick Way to Make Human Monoclonal Antibodies against FluHuman monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) -- highly specific, identical, infection-fighting proteins produced in large quantities in the lab in cell lines that are derived from a single antibody-producing cell -- against influenza can be rapidly produced in the lab, according to a new report from scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium"Cancer's complexity poses an enormous challenge. NIH is
highly encouraged that the worldwide scientific community is joining
to meet this challenge, and we are pleased to be a member of this
ambitious international endeavor," said Elias A. Zerhouni,
M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, which is the
U.S. research organization taking part in the ICGC. |
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