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Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots
07/01/09
A trio of genome-wide studies -- collectively the largest to date -- have pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced...
Imaging Technique Allows Researchers to Monitor Protein Changes in Mouse Tumors
07/01/09
A new imaging technique can monitor, in living mice, the HER2 protein found in above-normal amounts in many cases of breast cancer as well as some ovarian, prostate and lung cancers. This new approach, once validated in mice and pending further...
Dynasty: Influenza Virus in 1918 and Today
06/30/09
The influenza virus that wreaked worldwide havoc in 1918-1919 founded a viral dynasty that persists to this day, according to scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of...
Gene Expression Findings a Step Toward Better Classification and Treatment of Juvenile Arthritis
06/29/09
Scientists have discovered gene expression differences that could
lead to better ways to classify, predict outcome, and treat juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Eventually such findings could enable
...
Second Gene Linked to Familial Testicular Cancer
06/29/09
Specific variations or mutations in a particular can gene raise a man's risk of familial, or inherited, testicular germ-cell cancer, the most common form of this disease, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health....
New Biomarker Method Could Increase the Number of Diagnostic Tests for Cancer
06/29/09
A team of researchers has demonstrated that a new method for detecting
and quantifying protein biomarkers in body fluids may ultimately
make it possible to screen multiple biomarkers in hundreds of patient
...
Gregory G. Germino, M.D., Named Deputy Director of NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
06/26/09
Gregory G. Germino, M.D., a world-renowned expert in inherited kidney disease, has been appointed as deputy director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK...
Researchers Identify a Novel Mechanism that Could be Targeted to Prevent Cancer Spread
06/25/09
Researchers have discovered a key to the function of a specific protein that
helps control the levels of other critical proteins within cells,
including a protein that suppresses the spread of cancer. The new
...
Migraines with Aura in Middle Age Associated with Late-Life Brain Lesions
06/23/09
Women who suffer from migraine headaches in middle age accompanied by neurological aura (visual disturbances, dizziness or numbness that can precede migraines) are more likely to have damage to brain tissue in the cerebellum later in life, according...
United States and the Republic of Chile Partner to Battle Cancer
06/23/09
A new alliance between the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Chile, aims to accelerate progress against cancer in Hispanic populations in the...
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on National HIV Testing Day, June 27, 2009
06/23/09
The importance of National HIV Testing Day becomes clear when one recognizes that an estimated one-fifth of all Americans infected with HIV do not know they are infected. Among Americans who have been tested for the virus, more than one-third of...
NIH Expands Human Microbiome Project; Funds Sequencing Centers and Disease Projects
06/23/09
The Human Microbiome Project has awarded more than $42 million to expand its exploration of how the trillions of microscopic organisms that live in or on our bodies affect our health, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today.
Delay in Diagnosis of Menopause-like Condition in Young Women Linked to Low Bone Density
06/19/09
Women and young girls who experience delays in diagnosing a premature, menopause-like condition face increased risk of low bone density, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. A delay in diagnosing the...
NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth-Graders by Half
06/18/09
A study suggests that school-based prevention programs begun in elementary school can significantly reduce problem behaviors in students. Fifth graders who previously participated in a comprehensive interactive school prevention program for one to...
Much Touted "Depression Risk Gene" May Not Add to Risk After All
06/16/09
Stressful life events are strongly associated with a person?s risk for major depression, but a certain gene variation long thought to increase risk in conjunction with stressful life events actually may have no effect, according to researchers...
As College Drinking Problems Rise, New Studies Identify Effective Prevention Strategies
06/15/09
Alcohol-related deaths among U.S. college students rose from 1,440 deaths in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, along with increases in heavy drinking and drunk driving, according to an article in the July supplement of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and...
Cancer Immunotherapy Can Use Small Numbers of Stem-Like Immune Cells to Destroy Large Tumors in Mice
06/15/09
A new approach to stimulating immune cells enhances their anticancer activity, resulting in a powerful anti-tumor response in mice, according to a study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, a part of the National Institutes of Health....
NIH Researchers Discover How Prion Protein Damages Brain Cells
06/11/09
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue.
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