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Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020

Can Mindfulness Evolve From Wellness Pursuit to Medical Treatment?

Science of Behavior Change (SOBC)
X-rays of a patient with Parkinson's disease show the electrodes of a deep brain stimulator implanted in the brain. This "brain pacemaker" emits electrical impulses to treat the disease's motor symptoms. IMAGE: ZEPHYR/SCIENCE SOURCE

Monday, Jan 20, 2020

How Do Neural Implants Work?

Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC)

Wednesday, Dec 18, 2019

1st autologous IPS cell clinical trial for vision loss in the US

Regenerative Medicine Program (RMP)
Image credit: Getty images

Monday, Dec 16, 2019

How hacking the human heart could replace pill popping

Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC)

Tuesday, Dec 03, 2019

The rise of bioelectric medicine sparks interest among researchers, patients, and industry

Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC)
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Thursday, Nov 07, 2019

Putting decisions under the microscope

NIH Director's Early Independence Award
Illustration by Justin Metz for TIME.

Thursday, Oct 24, 2019

Why It's Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously

Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC)
An illustration depicting an editing tool repairing a DNA strand. Some gene-editing tools use enzymes to cut the disease-causing DNA and bind the unchanged sequences back together.  Credit: XVIVO.

Tuesday, Oct 01, 2019

NIH Awards $89 Million for Additional Projects to Advance Genome Editing

Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE)
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Tuesday, Oct 01, 2019

2019 NIH Director’s awards for High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program Announced

High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR)

Monday, Sep 23, 2019

For some with chronic pain, the problem is not in their backs or knees but their brains

Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS)

Thursday, May 30, 2019

How the Microbiome Might Predict Diabetes, Premature Birth and Gut Diseases

Human Microbiome Project (HMP)

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

The Human Microbiome Project expands the toolbox for studying host and microbiome interactions

The Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP)

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

National Institutes of Health launches $9 million genetic testing center at UC Davis

Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE)

Monday, May 06, 2019

The New Techniques Revealing the Varied Shapes of Chromatin

4D Nucleome (4DN)

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