NIDDK Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities (2006) : NIDDK

NIDDK Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities (2006)

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Message From the Director (PDF, 58KB)

Cross-Cutting Science (PDF, 220KB / 8 pages)

  • NIDDK Translational Research: Opportunities To Identify and Validate Biomarkers
  • NIH Roadmap for Medical Research in the 21st Century
  • Research Training
  • Diabetes-Based Science Education in Tribal Schools
  • Programs To Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research in NIDDK Mission Areas
  • Scientific Presentation: Dr. Richard H. Goodman- Role Reversal: RNA Control of Gene Expression

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (PDF, 220KB / 20 pages)

  • Understanding Type 1 Diabetes
  • Insulin as an Autoantigen in Type 1 Diabetes
  • Continued Benefits of Improved Blood Sugar Control
  • Advances and Emerging Opportunities in Type 1 Diabetes Research: A Strategic Plan
  • Insights into Type 2 Diabetes
  • Gene Expression Changes Associated with Type 2 Diabete
  • The Diabetes Prevention Program-Still Yielding Benefits
  • DPP Continues To Underscore the Benefits of Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
  • Proteomic and Metabolomic Approaches to the Diagnosis of Diabetes
  • Biomarkers Metabolic Pathways Play a Key Role in Health and Disease
  • Link Found Between a Saturated Fat Diet and Unhealthy Blood Fat
  • Newly-discovered Links Between Inflammation and Mediators of Metabolism
  • Umbilical-Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Slows Krabbe Disease Progression
  • NIDDK AIDS Research
  • Cardiovascular Disease Risk in HIV-Infected Women
  • Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry-Second Annual Report Published
  • The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
  • Story of Discovery: Glucagon-like Peptides Yield New Diabetes Therapies
  • Patient Profile: Jodie and Dillon Distel-Participating in Clinical Research To Fight against Type 1 Diabetes
  • Patient Profile: Todd Hutchinson-Dealing with Type 2 Diabetes

Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (PDF, 296KB / 16 pages)

  • Liver Disease Research
  • A New Model System To Study Hepatitis C
  • NAFLD, a Disease Without a Treatment
  • Molecular Factors Underlying Liver Development
  • New Imaging Methods for Hepatic and Renal Fibrosis
  • New Models Shed Light on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Insights into Crohn's Disease from Two New Mouse Models
  • Bacteria in the Gut: Contribution to Sensitivity to Radiation
  • Important Insights into the Causes of Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
  • Link Between Fasting and a Rare Disease
  • A Protein that Couples Nutritional Status to Heme Synthesis
  • National Commission on Digestive Diseases
  • Putting a Spotlight on Celiac Disease
  • Feature: Small Cells Yield Big Breakthrough in Hepatitis C Research
  • Story of Discovery: Combating Toxic Iron Overload
  • Patient Profile: Joe Crossan-Hemochromatosis Means Excess Iron Build-up in the Body, Which Can Spell Trouble

Obesity (PDF, 383KB / 8 pages)

  • Role of Genetics in Obesity
  • Identification of Genetic Mutations Associated with Obesity and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adults
  • Links Between Obesity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
  • Obesity and Insulin Resistance Linked by a Circulating Protein
  • Fidgeting and Body Weight
  • Possible Role for Non-Exercise Activity in Preventing Obesity
  • Lifestyle Modification Plus Medication Proves More Effective than Medication Alone for Weight Loss in Obese Adults
  • NIDDK's Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
  • Scientific Presentation: Dr. Samuel Klein-Fat Metabolism and Obesity

Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (PDF, 518KB / 25 pages)

  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Disease
  • Cardiovascular Mortality Risk in People with Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Molecular Factors Underlying Kidney Disease
  • An Ion Channel Plays a Role in Kidney Disease
  • Signaling Pathways in Kidney Fibrosis
  • Costs of Kidney Stones
  • Kidney Stones: A Growing Health and Economic Burden
  • Key Events in Proper Urinary Tract Development
  • Insights into the Development of the Urinary Tract
  • Understanding Hematologic Disease
  • Insights into Hereditary Hemochromatosis
  • U.S. Kidney Failure Rates Stabilize, Ending a 20-Year Climb, but Troubling Racial Disparities Persist
  • Increasing Awareness of Interstitial Cystitis
  • The National Kidney Disease Education
  • Program (NKDEP)
  • Scientific Presentation: Dr. Vikas Sukhatme-Vignettes in Vascular Biology: Working Across Borders
  • Story of Discovery: Helping Women Have a Safer Pregnancy-Advances in Detecting Preeclampsia
  • Patient Profile: Frankie Cervantes-Battling Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Little Boy With a Big Wish
  • Reseña de un Paciente: Frankie Cervantes-Una Lucha contra la Glomeruloesclerosis Focal y Segmentaria: Un Chiquitín con un Gran Deseo


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