NIH researchers discovered gene for rare disease of excess bone tissue growth
On Mar. 31, 2020, NIH researchers announced they had discovered a second gene that causes melorheostosis, a rare…
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Emory University new site in NIH-sponsored coronavirus vaccine study
On Mar. 27, 2020, Emory’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) announced participation in a clinical trial testing…
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National Library of Medicine expanded access to coronavirus literature through PubMed Central
On Mar. 25, 2020, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced…
The Simmons Cancer Center joined elite National Comprehensive Cancer Network
On Mar. 24, 2020, the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern announced it had joined…
NIH online resources support COVID-19 workers training to protect their own health
On Mar. 23, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had launched an important online…
NIH shifted non-mission-critical laboratory operations to minimal maintenance phase
On Mar. 20, 2020, to further reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and enhance the safety of…
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NIH researchers discovered tooth-enamel protein in eyes with dry AMD
On Mar. 17, 2020, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) reported finding a protein that normally deposits…
Research revealed new coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
On Mar. 17, 2020, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was stable for several hours to…
Moderna announced first participant dosed in NIH-led phase 1 study of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 16, 2020, Moderna announced that the first participant had been dosed in the Phase 1 study…
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NIH Reported First Known Employee with COVID-19 Infection
On Mar. 15, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) informed its staff that it had its first…
Emory University among U.S. sites to host clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment
On Mar. 12, 2020, Emory University announced it was participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored…
Vir Biotec announced research collaboration with NIH Vaccine Research Center on antibodies against coronaviruses
On Mar. 11, 2020, Vir Biotech announced a research collaboration agreement with the NIH to advance characterization and…
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Drug-delivery technology leads to sustained HIV antibody production in NIH study
On Mar. 9, 2020, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the…
Winship Cancer Institute’s multiple myeloma team awarded $5 million grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
On Mar. 9, 2020, Winship Cancer Institute’s multiple myeloma team was awarded a $5 million grant from The…
Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time
On Mar. 5, 2020, in a study of epilepsy patients, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
Testing with combined biopsy method improves prostate cancer diagnosis in NCI study
On Mar. 4, 2020, a method of testing for prostate cancer developed at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)…
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COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
On Feb. 28, 2020, commentary appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine that discussed the emergence and…
NIH announced $1 million prize competition to target global disease diagnostics
On Feb. 25, 2020, the U. S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had launched a $1…
NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 began for adults with coronavirus disease
On Feb. 25, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a randomized, controlled clinical trial to…
Moderna shipped mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus (mRNA-1273) for phase 1 study
On Feb. 24, 2020, Moderna announced it had released the first batch of mRNA-1273, the Company’s vaccine against…
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Federal Judge ruled missing clinical trial data must be made public
On Feb. 22, 2020, a federal judge from the Southern District of New York ruled drug companies, device…
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NIH scientists identified atomic structure of novel Coronavirus protein
On Feb. 19, 2020, NIAID scientists working with investigators from the University of Texas at Austin identified the…
Medigen Vaccine Biologics and NIH collaborated to develop COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 16, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had…
Remdesivir prevented MERS coronavirus disease in monkeys
On Feb. 13, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists announced that the experimental antiviral remdesivir successfully prevented…
Mammoth Biosciences secured contract from NIH to scale high-throughput CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic platform
On Jan. 31, 2020, Mammoth Biosciences announced the company had received a contract from the National Institutes of…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
On Jan. 31, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services announced that as a result of…
NIH officials discussed novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China
On Jan. 23, 2020, the new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marked the third…
Moderna announced funding award from CEPI to accelerate development of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On Jan. 23, 2020, Moderna announced a new collaboration to develop an mRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus…
The Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program received NIH grant to continue work as Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation
On Jan. 23, 2020, the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program (VVRP) received a grant from the National Institutes of…
Secretary Azar declared Public Health Emergency for the U.S. for 2019 Novel Coronavirus
On Jan 31, 2020, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergency…