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- 🫀Heart failure affects millions of adults in the U.S. and often requires close monitoring to help prevent worsening symptoms and repeat hospital visits. NIH-supported researchers led by Dr. Yeonsik Noh at @UMassAmherst are developing wearable devices that could help heart
00:00 - Scientists at NIH are studying the exposome—all the things your body is exposed to throughout your life. This includes the air you breathe, the food you eat, chemicals you encounter, and stress. For major diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, genes only tell part of
- NIH All of Us was built on a simple premise: a research program is only as powerful as the people in it. A new study shows what that means in practice. Researchers used genomic data from more than 240,000 All of Us participants to identify the first known genetic risk factor for
- NEWS: Researchers discover single-cell brain activity that underlies human speech. Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/4xwseGA
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We are simplifying how NIH funding works so researchers can spend less time navigating complexity and more time on discovery. Stay informed with @NIH_Innovates, NIH’s new channel dedicated to research news and information for the biomedical research community.
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📢 Are you an early career researcher? Join an NIGMS webinar to learn about PAR-27-032: Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI). 📝It’s easier than ever to apply with a new streamlined funding opportunity format. 📅 July 15 at 2 PM
- NEWS: For adults with prediabetes, lifestyle intervention lowered risk of developing multiple chronic conditions. Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/4enHPzl
- NIH repostedThe new Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) will play a key role in helping NIH move towards reducing animal use in research while advancing the development of innovative technologies that better model human biology. ORIVA will coordinate NIH-wide
