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- NIH Announces New Resource for Advancing Innovative Technologies Toward Commercialization - July 11, 2007
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched today a new Web-based resource called NIH Pipeline to Partnerships (P2P), aimed at furthering the development of NIH’s licensed technologies and technologies funded through the NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:10:00 EDT - NIEHS Researchers Identify Enzyme Critical in DNA Replication - July 5, 2007
In this week’s issue of Science, researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Umeå University in Sweden report an important discovery about a critical new role that an enzyme called DNA polymerase epsilon plays in replicating DNA in higher organisms such as yeast and perhaps even humans.
Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:02:00 EDT - News Advisory: NIH Hosts Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2007: Catalyzing Trans-disciplinary Regional Partnerships to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities - July 3, 2007
The annual Cancer Health Disparities Summit brings together some of the nation’s top researchers in the field of cancer health disparities. NIH grantees, health professionals, and community advocates from across the country will gather to discuss their research, successful program strategies, challenges, and accomplishments.
Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:45:00 EDT - Human Antibodies that Block Human and Animal SARS Viruses Identified - July 2, 2007
An international team of investigators has identified the first human antibodies that can neutralize different strains of the virus responsible for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Tue, 3 Jul 2007 8:15:00 EDT - Alcohol Survey Reveals ‘Lost Decade’ Between Ages of Disorder Onset and Treatment - July 2, 2007
At some time during their lives, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults surveyed in 2001-2002 had met current diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to an article in the current issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Many of those persons never received treatment, and many others did not receive treatment until well after AUD onset.
Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:02:00 EDT - Violence in Schizophrenia Patients More Likely Among Those with Childhood Conduct Problems - July 2, 2007
Some people with schizophrenia http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/schizophreniamenu.cfm who become violent may do so for reasons unrelated to their current illness, according to a new study analyzing data from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials for Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/catie.cfm. CATIE was funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published online on June 30, 2007, in the journal Law and Human Behavior.
Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EDT - The Cancer Genome Atlas Awards Funds for Technology Development - July 2, 2007
As part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) pilot project, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded eight two-year grants totaling $3.4 million to support the development of innovative technologies for exploring the genomic underpinnings of cancer.
Mon, 2 Jul 2007 9:02:00 EDT - Researchers Identify Alcoholism Subtypes - June 28, 2007
Analyses of a national sample of individuals with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) reveal five distinct subtypes of the disease, according to a new study by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:52:00 EDT - Protein Plays Crucial Role in Repairing Genetic Damage that Can Lead to Lymphomas in Mice - June 28, 2007
Researchers have discovered that a protein called ATM kinase, which plays a crucial role in repairing double-strand breaks in DNA, also helps prevent cells with this type of DNA damage from dividing, thereby blocking the passage of persistent DNA damage on to daughter cells. Persistent DNA damage can lead to the development of cancer. These results, from a study conducted in mice by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and others appeared online June 28, 2007 in the journal Cell and will be published in the July 13, 2007 issue of the journal.
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:02:00 EDT - Scientists Identify a Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell More Like Our Own - June 28, 2007
Scientists have discovered a new type of mouse embryonic stem cell that is the closest counterpart yet to human embryonic stem (ES) cells, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. The cells are expected to serve as an improved model for human ES cells in studies of regeneration, disease pathology and basic stem cell biology.
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:45:00 EDT - Study Shows Surgery Is More Effective Than Other Treatments for Common Back Problem - June 28, 2007
When it comes to low back pain, physicians generally advise exhausting nonsurgical options before resorting to surgery. But a new study shows that for degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis, surgery provides significantly better results than nonsurgical alternatives. The study, published in the May 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, is the second in a series reporting findings of the Spine Patients Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT), a five-year, multicenter study supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health.
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 8:25:00 EDT - Scientists Discover Role of Enzyme in DNA Repair - June 27, 2007
Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Integrative Bioinformatics Inc. have made an important discovery about the role of an enzyme called ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein (ATM) in the body’s ability to repair damaged DNA. NIAMS and NCI are part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 9:10:00 EDT
