NIH Research Highlights

2024

2024 NIH Research Highlights - Human Health Advances

NIH accomplishments in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment include an accurate blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, progress in food allergy prevention and treatment, and a brain-computer interface that helped a paralyzed man speak.
2024 NIH Research Highlights - Promising Medical Findings

NIH findings with potential for enhancing human health include insights into the mechanisms of ME/CFS, a skin test to detect Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, and a promising target for cataract drug development.
2024 NIH Research Highlights - Basic Research Insights

Noteworthy NIH advances in basic research include insights into the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, mapping how cancers form and spread, and progress in understanding the brain.

2023

2022

2021

2021 Research Highlights — Human Health Advances

NIH accomplishments in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment include progress in COVID-19 control, a drug that delays type 1 diabetes onset, and devices in the brain that help paralyzed people communicate.
2021 Research Highlights — Promising Medical Findings

NIH findings with potential for enhancing human health include new drugs and vaccines in development for COVID-19, advances in Alzheimer’s disease research, and the design of a wireless, biodegradable pacemaker.
2021 Research Highlights — Basic Research Insights

Noteworthy NIH advances in basic research include progress in understanding SARS-CoV-2, new approaches to developing antibiotics, and the discovery of a brain receptor linked to puberty and growth.

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