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Tag Archives: NIH
AIDS Turns 30: Are We Close to a Cure?
On June 5th, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report told the world about five rapidly deteriorating men who arrived [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged AIDS, Antiretroviral, gene therapy, hiv, NIH, Public Health, Stem Cells, UNC-Chapel Hill
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NIH Awards $40 Million to Map the Wiring of the Brain
You may never have heard of the Connectome, but chances are it defines nearly everything about who you are. Just [...]
Posted in AI
Tagged brain wiring, connectome, Connectome Scanner, diffusion spectrum imaging, fmri, Human Connectome Project, mri, neural mapping, NIH, Sebastian Seung
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Antibody Neutralizes 91% of HIV Strains, Strong Step Towards a Vaccine
Will HIV eventually go the way of smallpox and polio? Earlier this month, scientists at the National Institute of Health (NIH) announced [...]
Database for Autism Holds Hope for Answers, Treatments
Those looking to better understand and treat Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now have a powerful new weapon in their fight. [...]
NIH Guides Nanomedicine Towards Killing Cancer
There have been many proposed means of killing cancer cells: selective pathogens, irradiation, chemical corrosion of membranes…but my favorite has [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged Argonne National Labs, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Elena Rozhkova, gold nanoshells, Jennifer West, Jin Zhang, National Institute for Health, NIH, Rice University, titanium dioxide, UC Santa Cruz, University of Chicago Brain Tumor Center
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Genome Study Reveals New Links to Parkinson’s
Affordable genetic testing continues to enable scientists to find exciting new discoveries that may help doctors predict, prevent, and treat [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged 23andme, Andrew Singleton, Genome wide association study, GWAS, Kobe University, NIH, parkinson's, snp, Tasishi Toda
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Vitamin D and Fish Oil – Time to Put Up or Shut Up
The western world faces three very notorious killers: heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Just this week Michael Jackson (heart attack??) [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged African American Health, fatty acid, fish oil, health studies, NIH, omega-3, sunlight, vitamin D
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