Jul 02 Watch Mapping the circuitry of a fish’s brain By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Jun 06 New $30 million study will examine devastating senior falls By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News More than 18,000 seniors died as the result of falls in 2010, and thousands more are injured every year, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nation’s largest and most intensive study of how to best… Continue reading
Feb 05 Drug companies team up with NIH to develop new treatments By Sarah Corapi Ten rival pharmaceutical companies have joined forces with the National Institutes of Health in a new initiative to research Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. The unlikely pact between the competing firms — which includes big names… Continue reading
Jan 27 Want $3,000? Volunteer to get the flu By Sarah Corapi In the hopes of making a better flu vaccine, NIH scientists are purposely infecting dozens of volunteers with the influenza virus, The Associated Press reports. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch What Do Federal Spending Cuts Mean for Science and Researchers? What Do Federal Spending Cuts Mean for Science and Researchers?… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch President Obama Announces BRAIN Initiative President Barack Obama unveiled the BRAIN Initiative, a new effort to map the human brain. Continue watching
May 08 Watch Will Obesity Reverse Rise in U.S. Life Expectancy? Public health experts have long warned of a growing obesity epidemic in America. This week, the Institute of Medicine and others launched a major campaign in hopes of curbing the problem. Ray Suarez and Dr. Francis Collins of the National… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Fearing Bioterrorism, Government Panel Asks: What Research Should Be Secret? How much research about the deadly bird flu virus should be available to the public? Ray Suarez discusses the question that many in the science, bioterrorism and national security fields are considering with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Obama Administration Plans to Expand Research Funding for Older Stem Cell Lines An Obama administration plan released Monday would expand federal funding of stem cell research to older lines of stem cells previously ineligible for such financing. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
May 07 Q&A: Gene Sequence ‘Bank’ Helps Scientists Decipher H1N1 Flu By PBS News Hour Within days of the first swine flu case confirmation in California last month, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control mapped the virus's genetic code and posted the sequence in a publicly available database for other researchers to examine. Continue reading