Can Vitamin D Supplements Prevent COVID-19 or Reduce Symptoms?
Funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a Penn State researcher to study whether vitamin D supplementation could help people ward off or…
Funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a Penn State researcher to study whether vitamin D supplementation could help people ward off or…
The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. MIT chemists have determined the molecular…
A National Institutes of Health clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has…
Mice treated with apigenin had better memory and developmental milestone scores. The plant compound apigenin improved the cognitive and memory deficits usually seen in a…
Scientists use gene therapy and a novel light-sensing protein to restore vision in mice. NIH-funded therapy will now be tested in humans. A newly developed…
In a National Institutes of Health-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a…
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, launched a study on October 13, 2020, designed to…
A clinical trial to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a combination treatment regimen for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) consisting of the antiviral remdesivir…
The National Institutes of Health has launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three immune modulator drugs in…
The finding marks a new effort in conserving an ancient dog breed, with potential to inform human vocalization processes. In a study published in PNAS,…
Vaccine shows promise in mouse studies and is currently being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical testing. The investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 protected mice from…
NIH-funded clinical trial provides independent evidence that multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening myopia. Children wearing multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia, according…
Two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are now enrolling healthy adults…
NIH study suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memories. In a study of epilepsy patients, researchers at the National Institutes…
Collaborative network to enlist medical imaging and clinical data sciences to reveal unique features of COVID-19. The National Institutes of Health has launched the Medical…
Study aims to determine safety and efficacy of experimental monoclonal antibodies. Patients admitted with COVID-19 at select hospitals may now volunteer to enroll in a…
Range of new technologies will meet testing needs in diverse settings. The National Institutes of Health is investing $248.7 million in new technologies to address…
ENCODE Project’s third phase offers new insights into the organization and regulation of our genes and genome. The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is…