NIH awards $170 million for precision nutrition study

The Nutrition for Precision Health study leverages NIH’s All of Us Research Program’s large, diverse data platform.

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NIH launches first phase of $9.8 million competition to accelerate development of neuromodulation therapies

The Neuromod Prize seeks targeted treatments that adjust nerve activity to improve organ function.

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Survival rate increases for extremely preterm infants in NIH-funded research network

Study includes more than 10,000 infants born at 22 to 28 weeks of pregnancy.

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SARS-CoV-2 may cause fetal inflammation even in the absence of placental infection

Small NIH study contributes to understanding of COVID-19 during pregnancy.

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Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction

The study was conducted in two rural Massachusetts jails.

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NIH researchers develop first stem cell model of albinism to study related eye conditions

Use of patient-derived stem cells will enable high-throughput drug screening for potential therapeutics.

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COVID-19 vaccination associated with a small, temporary increase in menstrual cycle length, suggests NIH-funded study

The authors noted that menstrual cycles typically vary a small amount from month to month.

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Sleep-disordered breathing in early pregnancy linked to insulin resistance

NIH-funded findings suggest screening for sleep disordered breathing may help in reducing gestational diabetes risk.

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Disarming a blood-clotting protein prevents gum disease in mice

Human and animal study offers insight into treating periodontal disease and other inflammatory disorders.

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A high-fiber diet may improve the response of melanoma patients to immunotherapy

The study analyzed both people with melanoma and mouse models of the disease.

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