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Final rules out for government stem cell research
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The government is creating a master list of which embryonic stem cells qualify for taxpayer-funded research, now that President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on the field.
New technique could eliminate inherited mitochondrial disease
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental technique with the potential to prevent a class of hereditary disorders passed on from mother to child. The technique, as yet conducted ...
Considering usual medical care in clinical trial design
Sep 29, 2009 |
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In this week's PLoS Medicine, Liza Dawson (National Institutes of Health) and colleagues discuss the scientific and ethical issues associated with choosing clinical trial designs when there is no consensus on what consti ...
Obama says $5B in grants will aid medical research
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants Wednesday to fight cancer, autism and heart disease while boosting the economy.
NHLBI publishes new heart healthy cookbook
Nov 10, 2009 |
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The health of your heart has a lot to do with the foods you eat. To help busy people and families shop for, prepare, and serve healthy meals, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes ...
Scientists identify new role for lung epithelial cells in sensing allergens in the air
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium, have identified a new role for certain lung cells in ...
Study finds nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease on the rise in the United States
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental organisms found in both water and soil that can cause severe pulmonary (lung) disease in humans. Pulmonary NTM is on the rise in the United States, according to a large ...
New strategy proposed for designing antibody-based HIV vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 14, 2009 |
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WHAT: Most vaccines that protect against viruses generate infection-fighting proteins called antibodies that either block infection or help eliminate the virus before it can cause disease. Attempts to create a vaccine that ...
New technology opens gateway to studying HIV-specific neutralizing antibodies
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Many scientists believe a vaccine that prevents HIV infection will need to stimulate the body to make neutralizing antibodies, infection-fighting proteins that prevent HIV from entering immune cells. Previous research has ...
Searching for predictors of asthma attacks
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A new study of persistent asthma in inner-city adolescents and young adults finds that an extensive set of clinical tests cannot successfully predict the future risk of asthma attacks in participants who both receive care ...
Survey: Awareness of COPD is rising, but understanding is still low
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Awareness of COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—continues to grow in the United States, according to national survey results released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National ...
Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) over the previous 12 months, according to a 2007 government survey1. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, p ...
Combination of aspirin and an anti-clotting drug reduces risk of dialysis access failure
May 21, 2009 |
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For the first time, a combination of aspirin and the anti-platelet drug dipyridamole has been shown to significantly reduce blockages and extend the useful life of new artery-vein access grafts used for hemodialysis, according ...
Initial results show pregnant women mount strong immune response to one dose of 2009 H1N1 vaccine
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Healthy pregnant women mount a robust immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and ...
Medical imaging may help researchers understand the pathogenesis of H1N1 virus
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that imaging can now be used as a tool for identifying severe cases of H1N1 and may play a key role in understanding the pathogenesis of the virus, possibly ...
