Press Releases

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Ribbon picture of nanobody structure.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

National Institutes of Health researchers have isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies, or “nanobodies,” against SARS-CoV-2 that were produced by a llama named Cormac.

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Side view of a brain. Colored dots represent electrodes used to record brain waves.
Monday, December 14, 2020

In a study involving epilepsy patients, National Institutes of Health scientists discovered how a set of high frequency brain waves may help us spot these kinds of differences between the past and the present.

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NIH Logo
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

The National Institutes of Health will provide support to institutions to recruit diverse groups or “cohorts” of early-stage research faculty and prepare them to thrive as NIH-funded researchers.

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researcher using whole genome sequencer
Thursday, December 3, 2020

A study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has made a surprising connection between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two disorders of the nervous system, and the genetic mutation normally understood to cause Huntington’s disease.

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Picture of Zika-infected mouse brain from NIH study that looked for effective anti-viral treatments.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

In 2015, hundreds of children were born with brain deformities resulting from a global outbreak of Zika virus infections.

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Diagram showing immune cells residing near the venous sinuses of the brain
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

The membranes surrounding our brains are in a never-ending battle against deadly infections, as germs constantly try to elude watchful immune cells and sneak past a special protective barrier called the meninges.

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NIH Logo
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

A study published today in JAMA Network Open shows that children from poorer neighborhoods perform less well on a range of cognitive functions, such as verbal ability, reading skills, memory, and attention, and have smaller brain volumes in key cognitive regions compared to those from wealthier neighborhoods

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Picture of mouse bladder colored red.
Monday, October 19, 2020

In a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a gene, called PIEZO2, may be responsible for the powerful urge to urinate that we normally feel several times a day.

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Four shots of the same neuron, each colored differently. The colors represent changing energy levels during neural communication.
Monday, October 5, 2020

Our thoughts, feelings, and movements are controlled by billions of neurons talking to each other at trillions of specialized communication points called synapses.

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