Monthly Archives: April 2007


NIDCD Director to Be Named First Recipient of International Scientific Organization’s Distinguished Service Award - April 24, 2007

James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, will be the first recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), an international body of scientists that advances understanding of the senses of taste and smell.
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NIDCD Director to Be Named First Recipient of International Scientific Organization’s Distinguished Service Award - April 24, 2007

James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, will be the first recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), an international body of scientists that advances understanding of the senses of taste and smell.
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Statement of B. F. (Lee) Hall, M.D., Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., on Africa Malaria Day and Malaria Awareness Day, April 25, 2007 – April 23, 2007

April 25, 2007, marks the seventh commemoration of Africa Malaria Day, a day chosen in 2000 by African governments to reaffirm their commitment, embodied in the Abuja Declaration (http://www.rbm.who.int/docs/abuja_declaration_final.htm), to halve the burden of malaria in Africa by 2010. Africa Malaria Day has served to remind the global community of the enormous burden exacted by this ancient scourge on the most impoverished and vulnerable populations in the world. This year, the United States government formally marks its solidarity with the global community by designating today “Malaria Awareness Day.”
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Reducing Sodium Decreases Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Disease – April 23, 2007

Reducing sodium intake not only prevents high blood pressure, but also prevents heart disease, according to new clinical trial data from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Men and women with pre-hypertension who reduced their sodium intake by 25 to 35 percent had a 25 percent lower risk of total cardiovascular disease over the 10 to 15 years after they reduced their sodium intake.
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Lab-on-a-Chip Spots Potential Disease in Saliva

An international team has identified a genetic variant that influences how big a dog can get. The gene involved is present in all dogs and other diverse species, including humans. Continue reading

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Gleevec Helps Prevent Return of Type of Gastrointestinal Tumor

Preliminary findings from a large clinical trial expand the potential use for Gleevec, one of a new class of cancer drugs specifically designed to block abnormal proteins that lead to tumor growth. Continue reading

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Monkey Genome Gives New Insight Into What Makes Us Human

An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of the rhesus macaque and compared it to both the chimpanzee and the human genomes. Their analysis reveals that the three primate species share about 93% of their DNA. Continue reading

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Study Links Faulty DNA Repair to Huntington’s Disease Onset – April 22, 2007

Huntington’s disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to stop or slow the onset of the disease. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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NIH Pain Consortium Meeting to Look at Advances in Pain Research – April 20, 2007

Leading pain researchers will discuss advances in understanding and managing pain at a one-day symposium sponsored by the NIH Pain Consortium. Presentations will cover neuropathic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain and treatment-induced pain. A poster session will feature work by junior investigators. Researchers, health care providers, reporters and the public are invited to attend this free meeting.
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Researchers Find That Childhood Sarcoma Increases Risk of Blood Clots – April 18, 2007

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined that children and young adults with a form of cancer called sarcoma are at increased risk of havinga thromboembolic event (TE) in their veins.
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