2008

RESEARCHERS PRODUCE FIRST SEQUENCE MAP OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURAL VARIATION IN HUMAN GENOME - Map Will Boost Efforts to Explore Role of Structural Variants in Disease
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; NIH News; National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
CONTACT: Geoff Spencer, 301-402-0911, e-mail: spencerg@mail.nih.gov
A nationwide team of researchers, funded in part by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has produced the first sequence-based map of large-scale structural variation across the human genome. The work, published today in the journal Nature , provides a s


RESEARCH FINDINGS OPEN NEW FRONT IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS VIRUS - Human Protein May Offer Novel Target for Blocking HIV Infection
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; NIH News; National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) - Monday, April 28, 2008
CONTACT: Raymond MacDougall, 301-402-0911, e-mail: macdougallr@mail.nih.gov
A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance. In findings published today in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,


INFORMATION ON "PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS" NOW AVAILABLE ON NIHSENIORHEALTH.GOV
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes Of Health; NIH News; National Library of Medicine (NLM) - Friday, January 4, 2008
CONTACT: Kathy Cravedi, 301-496-6308, e-mail:cravedik@nlm.nih.gov
What is a clinical trial and how does it work? What are the benefits and the risks? If you are an older adult, should you consider participating in a clinical trial? These and many other questions are addressed in Participating in Clinical Trials , a new topic just added to NIHSeniorHealth , a Web site developed by the



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