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National Institute on Drug Abuse Launches Public Service Campaign for Hispanic Youth on the Link between Non-Injection Drugs and HIV

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), marks World AIDS Day on December 1st with the launch of its new, national public service campaign to educate Hispanic teens on the link between non-injection drug use and HIV transmission. Continue reading

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Scientists Find New Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer

Researchers have detected
dozens of genetic regions that are altered in lung cancer. The
findings provide new clues to the biology of lung cancer and
will help shape future strategies for diagnosing and treating
the disease. Continue reading

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Tracking Neural Progenitor Cells in the Human Brain

Scientists have developed the first noninvasive technique for
detecting cells in the living human brain that give birth to
neurons and other types of brain cells. The new method may shed
light on a host of brain-related disorders, including depression,
Parkinson’s disease and brain tumors. Continue reading

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Protein Key to Severity of Staph Infections

Scientists have discovered why some strains of the bacterium (“Staph”) can be so dangerous. They hope
to use the finding to advance development of new treatments. Continue reading

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Protein Suppresses Allergic Response in Mice

A protein in mice known as RGS13 suppresses allergic reactions,
including the severe, life-threatening allergic reaction known
as anaphylaxis, according to scientists at the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). Continue reading

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Family Members of Patients Who Die in the ICU Report Greater Satisfaction with Communication and Involvement than Family Members of ICU Survivors

Family members of loved ones who died in the intensive care unit
(ICU) tend to be more satisfied with the care they and the patient
received than family members of ICU survivors, according to a study
published in the November 13, 2007, issue of the journal Chest. This study
was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR),
a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with
funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American
Lung Association. Continue reading

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse Offers Summer Internship Opportunities

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that today kicks off the
application period for summer research training opportunities at
its Intramural Program (IRP) facility in Baltimore, Maryland. Continue reading

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NCI Researchers Uncover Unusual Association Between Cell Survival Proteins and Ovarian Cancer Aggressiveness

An international scientific team led by researchers at the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health,
has found that the elevated levels of certain proteins typically
associated with keeping cancer cells alive may actually correspond
with improved patient survival in ovarian cancer. Continue reading

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Scientists Zero in on the Cellular Machinery that Enables Neurons to Fire

If you ever had a set of Micronauts — toy robots with removable body parts — you probably had fun swapping their heads, imagining how it would affect their behavior. Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have been performing similar experiments on ion channels — pores in our nerve cells — to sort out the channels’ key functional parts. Continue reading

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Statement of Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on World Diabetes Day

As nations across the globe observe World Diabetes Day, we at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reaffirm our commitment to leverage the best minds and tools of science to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes, with the goal of finding cures for this debilitating group of diseases. Continue reading

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