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Larger Labs Report Kidney Function Routinely
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:20:00 EDT
Labs that conduct the highest number of routine blood tests are more likely than others to report estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), an important measure of kidney function that can identify early kidney disease, according to a survey funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The work is reported in the October issue of the "American Journal of Kidney Diseases."
NIH Scientists Discover Crucial Control in Long-Lasting Immunity
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:00 EDT
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an infection.
Jack Killen, M.D., Named Deputy Director of NCCAM
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:05:00 EDT
John (Jack) Killen, Jr., M.D. was recently appointed Deputy Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Stellar Scientists, Author to Take Part in NIDCD's 20th Anniversary Symposium
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:08:00 EDT
The scientific and human sides of communication and communication disorders will be featured on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, when the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, holds a symposium to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The symposium will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Natcher Conference Center, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. It will highlight accomplishments of NIDCD research over the past two decades as well as the perspectives and talents of people who have a personal connection with a communication disorder. Roughly one in six people in this country will experience a communication disorder in his or her life.
NIAID Awards Contracts to Search for Protein Markers of Disease
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:08:00 EDT
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded two five-year contracts to establish Clinical Proteomics Centers for Infectious Diseases and Biodefense. The contracts were awarded to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, and to the Canadian firm Caprion Proteomics, Montreal. Researchers at the centers will analyze human blood and other tissue samples from completed or ongoing clinical studies with the aim of discovering proteins that could serve as biomarkers of infectious disease..
New Systems Biology Awards Enable Detailed Study of Microbes
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will award five-year contracts estimated to be up to $68.7 million to establish programs in Systems Biology for Infectious Disease Research at four research institutions. Scientists at each facility will apply novel techniques to study diseases that include severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), tuberculosis and influenza.
New Data Resource to Advance Computer-Aided Drug Design
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:05:00 EDT
The University of Michigan will lead the effort to expand and enhance the molecular data needed to develop computer programs that more accurately predict potential drug candidates. The data will be housed in a Web-based resource that the scientific community and others interested in this information can access for free. The resource is estimated to receive up to $5 million over five years from NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
Annual Report Targets Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:11:00 EDT
A 30 percent increase in chronic kidney disease over the past decade has prompted the U.S. Renal Data System (USRDS) to issue for the first time a separate report documenting the magnitude of the disease, which affects an estimated 27 million Americans and accounts for more than 24 percent of Medicare costs. The USRDS is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
New NIH Policy to Fund Meritorious Science Earlier
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:56:00 EDT
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a new policy today that will enhance success rates of new and resubmitted applications by decreasing the number of allowed grant application resubmissions from two to one.
NIH Grantees Win 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Discovery and Development of the Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:36:00 EDT
The 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry is shared by two NIH grantees, Martin Chalfie, Ph.D., of Columbia University and Roger Y. Tsien, Ph.D., of the University of California at San Diego.
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