NIH
Press
Releases
Membrane
remodeling: Where yoga meets cell biology
Cells ingest proteins and engulf bacteria by a gymnastic,
shape-shifting process called endocytosis. Researchers at the National
Institutes of Health revealed how a key protein, dynamin, drives the
action.
NIH
and Children's National Medical Center open new cardiac intervention
suite
A new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to pediatric cardiac imaging
and intervention, co-established by the National Institutes of Health
and Children's National Medical Center, was opened with a special
dedication ceremony today. The new facility, located at Children's
National in Washington, D.C., is the culmination of a long
collaboration combining the cardiac imaging expertise at the NIH's
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) with the renowned
clinical care at Children?s National.
Suppressing
protein may stem Alzheimer's disease process
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered
a potential strategy for developing treatments to stem the disease
process in Alzheimer's disease. It's based on unclogging removal of
toxic debris that accumulates in patients' brains, by blocking activity
of a little-known regulator protein called CD33
Anti-HIV
therapy appears to protect children's hearts, NIH network study shows
For children who have had HIV-1 infection since birth, the combination
drug therapies now used to treat HIV appear to protect against the
heart damage seen before combination therapies were available,
according to researchers in a National Institutes of Health network
study.
Vitamin
D may reduce risk of uterine fibroids, according to NIH study
Women who had sufficient amounts of vitamin D were 32 percent less
likely to develop fibroids than women with insufficient vitamin D,
according to a study from researchers at the National Institutes of
Health.
Fat-free
see-through brain bares all
Slicing optional. Scientists can now study the brain's finer workings,
while preserving its 3-D structure and integrity of its circuitry and
other biological machinery.
NIH-funded
researchers create next-generation Alzheimer's disease model
A new genetically engineered lab rat that has the full array of brain
changes associated with Alzheimer?s disease supports the idea that
increases in a molecule called beta-amyloid in the brain causes the
disease, according to a study, published in the Journal of
Neuroscience. The study was supported by the National Institutes of
Health.
New
genetic link found between normal fetal growth and cancer
Two researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a new
genetic link between the rapid growth of healthy fetuses and the
uncontrolled cell division in cancer. The findings shed light on normal
development and on the genetic underpinnings of common cancers.
NIH
Announcements
Biomarker
Candidate Platforms for Inflammatory Diseases (U44)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AR-14-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and
Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fast Track grant applications that
propose to test and/or validate novel, state-of-the-art candidate
biomarker platforms for predicting the onset and progression of
inflammatory diseases of interest to the NIAMS and for determining the
pharmacodynamics, safety and/or efficacy of therapeutic agents
targeting those diseases.
Regional
and
International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages
(R03) PA-13-123
Expiration Date September 8, 2016
Regional
and
International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages
(R21)
PA-13-124
Expiration Date September 8, 2016
Regional
and
International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages
(R01)
PA-13-125
Expiration Date September 8, 2016
Obesity
Policy
Evaluation Research (R01) PA-13-110
Expiration Date: May 8, 2016
PAR-12-186 DBSR
Macroeconomic Aspects of Population Aging (R01)
Expiration
date:
10/04/2014
Biodemography
of
Aging
(R21),
Funding
Number:
PAR-12-079
Expiration Date: March 4, 2014
Biodemography
of
Aging
(R03),
Funding
Number:
PAR-12-080
Expiration Date: March 4, 2014
Biodemography
of
Aging
(R01),
Funding
Number:
PAR-12-078
Expiration Date: March 4, 2014
Events:
Conferences:
2013
Annual
Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society
(AGS), May 3 - 5,
2013
Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX
Abstract deadline: December 3, 2012
The 25th REVES
meeting on health expectancy
The University of Texas at Austin (TX), May 27-29, 2013
Abstract submission deadline: February 15, 2013
The 20th
IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, June
23-27, 2013, Seoul, Korea
Abstract deadline: October 31, 2012
108th
Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
August 10-13,
Hilton New York & Sheraton New York
The deadline for paper submission is January 9, 2013 at 3:00pm EST.
XXVII IUSSP
International Population Conference
26 to 31 August 2013.
Busan, Republic of Korea
Abstract deadline: November 7, 2012
66th
Annual
Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Wednesday,
11/20 to Sunday, 11/24, 2013
Sheraton New Orleans - New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, Louisiana
Deadline for abstract
submissions is March 15, 2013
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