Press Release Archives

October 23-31, 2008

• New NIH Policy Establishes Goals to Support Scientists Early in Their Careers, October 31, 2008
• National Institutes of Health and National Council of Negro Women Launch Collaboration to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight, October 31, 2008
• Top NIH Neuroscience Experts to Discuss the Latest in Neurological and Psychiatric Research, October 31, 2008
• Study Identifies Three Effective Treatments for Childhood Anxiety Disorders, October 30, 2008
• Researchers Identify Mechanism and Possible Drug Treatment for Growth of Nerve Tumors in Neurofibromatosis, October 30, 2008
• NIH Funds 16 Science Education Partnership Awards, October 30, 2008
• Earlier Jaundice Treatment Decreases Brain Injury In Preemies, October 29, 2008
• New Teaching Tools Foster Science and Diabetes Education in Native American Schools, October 29, 2008
• Review of Prostate Cancer Prevention Study Shows No Benefit for Use of Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements, October 27, 2008
• Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients, October 27, 2008
• Leukemia Information Added to NIH Web Site about Senior Health, October 27, 2008
• NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives Welcomes Six New Members, October 27, 2008
• NIH Grants $55 Million in Institutional Development Awards, October 23, 2008
• The National Institutes of Health and Jackson Medical Mall Launch Informative Health Series for Mississippians, October 23, 2008
• Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research 2007, October 23, 2008

October 15-22, 2008

• Panel Advocates Improved Understanding of Hepatitis B and Screening of High-Risk Populations, October 22, 2008
• Large-Scale Genetic Study Sheds New Light on Lung Cancer, Opens Door to Individualized Treatment Strategies, October 22, 2008
• New Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Centers Target Stress-Related Illnesses, Obesity, Cancer, and Other Conditions, October 21, 2008
• NIH Joins with the Jackson Medical Mall to Launch Health Series, October 21, 2008
• Researchers Identify Novel Type of Antibody that Potently Inhibits HIV Infection, October 20, 2008
• Three NIH Employees Win Presidential Rank Awards, October 20, 2008
• Early Pandemic Flu Wave May Protect Against Worse One Later, October 20, 2008
• Author Lee Woodruff, Nobel Laureate Richard Axel to Speak at NIDCD's 20th Anniversary, October 17, 2008
• Researchers Establish International Human Microbiome Consortium, October 16, 2008
• Scientists Restore Movement to Paralyzed Limbs through Artificial Brain-Muscle Connections, October 15, 2008
• NIH Funds Two New Centers to Develop Innovative Imaging Technology for Neurodegenerative Disorders and Advanced Software for Protein Analysis, October 15, 2008
• NIA and McKnight Brain Research Foundation Join Forces to Support Cognitive Aging Research, October 15, 2008
• Prolonging the Withdrawal of Life Support in the ICU Affects Family Satisfaction with Care, October 15, 2008
• Francine R. Kaufman, M.D. Begins Term as Diabetes Education Program Chair, October 15, 2008

October 8-14, 2008

• NIH to hold press conference on October 22 following Consensus Development Conference on Management of Hepatitis B, October 14, 2008
• More Effective Treatment Identified for Common Childhood Vision Disorder, October 13, 2008
• Larger Labs Report Kidney Function Routinely, October 10, 2008
• NIH Scientists Discover Crucial Control in Long-Lasting Immunity, October 10, 2008
• Jack Killen, M.D., Named Deputy Director of NCCAM, October 10, 2008
• Stellar Scientists, Author to Take Part in NIDCD's 20th Anniversary Symposium, October 9, 2008
• NIAID Awards Contracts to Search for Protein Markers of Disease, October 9, 2008
• New Systems Biology Awards Enable Detailed Study of Microbes, October 9, 2008
• New Data Resource to Advance Computer-Aided Drug Design, October 9, 2008
• Annual Report Targets Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States, October 8, 2008
• New NIH Policy to Fund Meritorious Science Earlier, October 8, 2008
• NIH Grantees Win 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Discovery and Development of the Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP, October 8, 2008
• Scientists Decode Genome of Parasite that Causes Relapsing Malaria, October 8, 2008
• Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health on National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, October 15, 2008, October 8, 2008

October 1-7, 2008

• Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., NIH Director, Announces New NIH CIO, October 7, 2008
• Human Microbiome Project Awards Funds for Technology Development, Data Analysis and Ethical Research, October 7, 2008
• NIAID Announces 25 New Awards to Develop Radiation Countermeasures, October 7, 2008
• Anti-Cancer Drug Prevents, Reverses Cardiovascular Damage in Mouse Model of Premature Aging Disorder, October 6, 2008
• Noted Geriatrician Named Aging Institute Deputy Director, October 6, 2008
• NIH Scientists Identify Link Between Brain Systems Implicated in Schizophrenia, October 6, 2008
• NIH Launches New Web Site for Parents on Medical Research Studies for Children, October 6, 2008
• Scientists Identify Gene Variant Involved in Isolated Cleft Lip, October 5, 2008
• NIH's National Children's Study Enters Next Phase, October 3, 2008
• DNA of Good Bacteria Drives Intestinal Response to Infection, October 2, 2008
• Millisecond Brain Signals Predict Response to Fast-Acting Antidepressant, October 2, 2008
• NIDCD Launches Campaign to Protect the Hearing of Tweens, October 2, 2008
• NCI Launches First-Ever Study to Determine if Biomarkers Can Help Guide Treatment for Lung Cancer, October 2, 2008