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Many People with Long COVID Have Signs of Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, New...
Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH In 2021, NIH launched the Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, a nationwide research program, to fully understand, diagnose, and treat Long COVID. We...
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Celebrating Dr. Steven Rosenberg’s 50 Years at the National Cancer Institute
Dr. Steven Rosenberg speaks at a special symposium for his 50th anniversary at NIH. Credit (all photos): Chia-Chi Charlie Chang, NIH In September, I was pleased to get the chance to take part in a...
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Salivary Enzyme Behind Our Carb Cravings May Have Unexpectedly Ancient History
Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH, Natalia/Adobe Stock Digestion involves much more than just your stomach. The digestive process that fuels your body begins in your mouth each time you take a bite of food and...
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Advancing a Whole-Person Approach to Women’s Health Research
NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli addresses the audience for a workshop for the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Credit: Jason Weil Photography So many women—myself included—have...
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Discovery of Culprit Behind Scars in Heart Failure Points to Possible...
Researchers identified a type of fibroblast cell (white) that helps form scar tissue after heart injury in response to an inflammatory signal called IL-1 (blue). Their research in mice suggests...
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Human Tumor Atlases Provide Important Insights into How Cancer Tumors Develop...
A collection of HTAN studies offer new understanding of cancer biology. Here, a conceptual rendering of a tumor overlaying a “map” depicts the identification of spatially distinct cancer cell clusters...
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Study Suggests New Experiences Can Refresh Memories of Past Events, with...
New research in mice suggests a memory of a recent negative event can be linked in the brain to a memory of an earlier, neutral event. Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH, Adobe Stock Your memories of life...
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AI System Has Potential to Differentiate Brain Cancer from Healthy Tissue...
In a study, researchers trained an AI tool called FastGlioma to quickly distinguish cancerous from healthy tissue during surgery to remove brain tumors. Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH, fastglioma.mlins.org...
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ChatGPT-Like AI Tool Promises to Speed Treatment Advances and Free Doctors’...
A new tool called TrialGPT uses AI to quickly match patients to potential clinical trials, requiring less time of clinicians. Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH, Rocketclips/Adobe Stock, IconLauk/Adobe Stock,...
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2024 Science Highlights from the NIH Director’s Blog
Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH This year on the NIH Director’s Blog, we covered a wide range of NIH-supported research from across our institutes and centers. We explored exciting new findings that came from...
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Could Engineered Immune Cells Be Used to Treat People with Autoimmune...
In a study, researchers engineered human T cells to suppress the immune system’s response in targeted areas of the body, an approach that has potential for treating people with autoimmune diseases and...
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Paving the Way to More Precise Tissue Engineering with the Help of Liquid Metal
Artist’s representation of an approach for molding biological structures in the lab using a metal called gallium. The image shows a metallic branching structure (gallium) and then empty vessels...
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Saying Farewell and Sharing Thoughts on an Exciting Time for NIH Research
NIH Director Dr. Bertagnolli in her office. Credit: Chia-Chi Charlie Chang, NIH As I announced earlier this week, today is my last day as NIH Director. It has truly been my honor to lead this agency...
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