Excerpt from "Connecting Senescent Cells to Obesity and Anxiety," posted on NIH Director's Blog, January 8, 2019. Now, NIH-funded researchers have found that when lean mice are fed a high-fat diet that makes them obese, they also have more senescent cells in their brain and show more anxious...
Excerpt from "NIH study implicates hyperactive immune system in aging brain disorders," posted on NIH News, January 2, 2019. The results are based on experiments in which the researchers altered the activity of Cdk5, a gene that preclinical studies have suggested is important for early brain...
Excerpt from "Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, NIH study suggests," posted on NIH News, January 2, 2019. The presence of muscle cells appears to make cancer cells more likely to fuse two or more cancer cells into a single cell, thereby increasing their...
Excerpt from "Study explains behavioral reaction to painful experiences," posted on NIH News, November 16, 2018. Exposure to uncomfortable sensations elicits a wide range of appropriate and quick reactions, from reflexive withdrawal to more complex feelings and behaviors. To better...
Excerpt from "Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions," posted on NIH News, November 20, 2018. National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues have found evidence of the infectious agent of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the eyes of deceased CJD patients. The...
Excerpt from "Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease," posted on NIH News, October 17, 2018 . An unhealthy population of microbes in the mouth triggers specialized immune cells that inflame and destroy tissues, leading to the type of bone...
Excerpt from "NIH selects first scholars in pioneering program to enhance diversity within in-house research program," posted on NIH News, October 23, 2018. Thirteen researchers have been selected for the inaugural class of the National Institutes of Health’s Distinguished Scholars...
Excerpt from "Funding Longevity by Gender Among NIH-Supported Investigators," posted on NIH Extramural News, September 7, 2018. For nearly 10 years, more women than men received PhDs in the biomedical sciences, yet women are still underrepresented at every subsequent stage of academic...
A new resource, RPPRs: Who Can Do What? , provides a quick look at the Annual, Interim, and Final Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs), including information such as due dates and how to access RPPR links. It also charts what happens to the Interim RPPR when a Type 2, Competing Renewal...
Excerpt from "NIH research program to explore the transition from acute to chronic pain," posted on NIH News, August 28, 2018. The National Institutes of Health has launched the Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) program to investigate the biological characteristics underlying the...
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