News: Analysis identifies 50 new genomic regions associated with kidney cancer risk nih.gov/news-events/ne…

Congratulations to National Cancer Institute's Drs. W. Marston Linehan, Andre Nussenzweig, and Brigitte Widemann on their HHS.gov Departmental Awards. These awards recognize and honor HHS employees and teams who distinguished themselves in the previous year. #NIH_IRP

Join the NIH Intramural Research Program for a Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' featuring Megan Majocha, PhD, who is conducting breast cancer research and her Ph.D. thesis at National Cancer Institute in the lab of NCI Center for Cancer Research's Dr. Kent Hunter. Join us on May 7 at 12pm ET to ask your questions:

From identifying the mutation responsible for progeria, a rare genetic disorder, to studying the genes involved in type 2 diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 38 million Americans, Dr. Francis Collins is helping lead discoveries to better understand the links between our

More than 30 million Americans live with a #raredisease . For these patients, getting an accurate diagnosis can be difficult. David D’Onofrio, a postbaccalaureate research fellow at the NIH, is using #artificialintelligence to help make things simple and find the rare mutations

News: Doctors underutilize next-gen antibiotics to fight resistant infections in U.S. hospitals nih.gov/news-events/ne…

Researchers have developed a biomaterial that, when combined with a cancer vaccine, substantially boosts the effectiveness of the vaccine. The approach was able to eliminate tumors in more than half of the mice studied. NCI Center for Cancer Research
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Mark Gilbert, M.D., has been a neuro-oncologist for nearly four decades, working to find better treatments for people with rare brain and spine tumors.

After nearly a decade at CCR as chief of NCI Neuro-Oncology Branch, he is announcing his retirement.

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This #ToolTuesday we’re taking a look at the two-photon microscope. The device flings particles of light at neurons, allowing Dr. Yi Gu's lab to use the tool to study how a part of the brain enables people to navigate their environment. Discoveries from their research could lead

📣 NLM's Intramural Research Program is seeking an exceptional postdoctoral candidate to conduct research in human genomics & develop #MachineLearning methodologies under the guidance of Dr. Ivan Ovcharenko. Position open until filled. Apply now! loom.ly/_DnaAbg NIH Intramural

Congratulations to Julie Segre (National Human Genome Research Institute), Stephen Chanock (@theNCI), Jürgen Wess (@NIDDKgov), Erin Lavik (@theNCI), Daniel Reich (@NIH_NINDS), and Gisela Storz (@NICHD_NIH) on their election to The American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas) class of 2023

Alcohol-associated liver disease is the leading cause of liver cancer and liver scarring. For #AlcoholAwarenessMonth , NIAAA News’ Dr. Bin Gao shares his research about how alcohol use disorder damages the liver and other organs. Learn more: go.nih.gov/qWeTPCQ

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Join the upcoming Demystifying Medicine — Fentanyl and Other Drug Addictions: Progress and Challenges presentation on April 23, 2024 at 4:00 pm EST. Hear from #substanceaddiction experts, including NIDAnews' Dr. Nora Volkow, who will share their assessment of the opioid epidemic

Curious what a day in the life of a NIH Center of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (CARD) trainee looks like? Check out what Rylee Genner is up to: youtube.com/shorts/LtCpwrE…. #NIHCARD #Trainee #Alzheimers

Listen to the newest #SpeakingofScience podcast episode to hear Beverly Gage’s experience with a condition so rare that it had never been seen before: go.nih.gov/gwrdI5x Dr. Michael Ombrello discusses using a technique called #flowcytometry to analyze the chemical and

Congratulations to National Human Genome Research Institute's Dr. Ellen Sidransky and The National Institute on Aging (NIA)'s Dr. Andrew Singleton who along with their colleagues were awarded the Breakthrough in Life Sciences for discovering key genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s disease. Learn more about their discoveries:

Dr. Neil Hanchard at National Human Genome Research Institute hopes to improve the health of children experiencing #malnutrition by figuring out why some of them develop a life-threatening form of malnutrition called #kwashiorkor while others come down with a less immediately dangerous condition called

#OvarianCancer is the most lethal of all gynecological cancers. New research from CCR has identified a potential drug to treat ovarian cancers that have developed resistance to PARP inhibitors and a possible biomarker for those most likely to benefit.
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Across NIH colleagues are gathering for the #NMHM2024 Walk/Run/Roll 5K. This annual event highlights the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority communities and challenges us to be the #SourceforBetterHealth . 🏃🏽‍♂️ 🚶🏿‍♀️ 👩🏼‍🦽

#ImageOfTheWeek via Waterman Lab: During development and differentiation, cells work together to squeeze and shape tissue.