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Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR

The story of how pain research evolved at NIDCR.
   

Roscoe Brady & Gaucher Disease

How medical researchers study diseases, by answering three basic questions. Focuses on Dr. Roscoe Brady's team at NINDS and their work with Gaucher disease.
   

Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra

NIH physician Dr. Joseph Goldberger's discovery of the cause for pellagra, a disease, resulting from a diet deficient in vitamin B, that killed many poor Southerners in the early part of the 20th century.
   

Synthetic Opiates and Opioids

The quest for new painkillers and a synthetic source for morphine and codeine
   

The Laboratory Instrument Computer

The story of one of the first supercomputers from its conception in MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, through its use in biomedical research laboratories
   

Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration

Howard Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawings.
   

Equal Arm Analytical Balances

Instruments, designed on a "seesaw" principle, to measure mass precisely by placing a sample in one pan and known weight in an opposing pan until an equilibrium was established.
   

Medical Posters

A collection of 24 medical posters drawn by artists at the NIH, representing topics from arthritis to women's health.
   

Medical Instruments

A cross section of precision instruments from the in-house research program at NIH, used between 1945 and 1965.

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Online Exhibits
Marshall Nirenberg: Discovering the Genetic Code
The Stadtman Way
A History of the Pregnancy Test Kit
Human Genetics and Medical Research
Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals
The AMINCO-Bowman Spectrophotofluorometer
Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR
Roscoe Brady & Gaucher Disease
Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra
Synthetic Opiates and Opiods
The Laboratory Instrument Computer
Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration
Equal Arm Analytical Balances
Medical Posters
Medical Instruments
 

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