DNA Test May Fine-Tune Warfarin Dosage |
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February 27, 2009 • Health DayA genetic test could make prescribing the widely used anticoagulant warfarin safer by predicting the lowest effective dose. |
New Direction for Protein Structure Initiative Includes New Bioinformatics Opportunities |
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February 20, 2009 • BioInformNIGMS will launch PSI:Biology to support research partnerships between biologists and high-throughput structure determination centers to solve biological problems with knowledge gained from earlier PSI efforts. |
In Lab, Clues to How Life Began |
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January 8, 2009 • National Public RadioA team of researchers has made a self-replicating set of RNA molecules that mimic what might have happened during the early evolution of life.
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NU Researchers Say Genetic Approach Might Prevent Bacteria From Resisting Drugs |
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December 19, 2008 • Northwestern UniversityBy examining bacteria’s own primitive immune systems, researchers may have found a way to prevent or slow the development of bacterial drug resistance. |
1 Japanese, 2 Americans Win Nobel Chemistry Prize |
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October 8, 2008 • USA TodayThree scientists who have received support from NIGMS are recognized with the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on green fluorescent protein. |
Making "Safer" Stem Cells |
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October 6, 2008 • NIH Research MattersScientists have found a new way to produce stem cell-like cells from mouse liver cells. The new technique sidesteps the cancer-causing potential of a previously developed method. |
Combating Sepsis: An Interview with Drs. Derek Angus and Donald Yealy |
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August 14, 2008 • Wall Street JournalNIGMS grantees explain sepsis and a treatment strategy that may increase survival from the life-threatening condition. |
Structural Proteomics: The Relentless Pursuit of Protein Shape |
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August 1, 2008 • ScienceAdvances led by PSI-supported scientists have had a major technological impact on structural genomics efforts. |
Jeremy Berg on Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study |
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July 23, 2008 • Voice of AmericaIn this on-camera interview, the NIGMS Director answers questions about MIDAS and its projects focused on pandemic flu. |
Computational Biology Catches the Flu |
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July 1, 2008 • Biomedical Computation ReviewMIDAS-supported researchers describe their efforts to model the spread of a potential pandemic flu. |
Tiny Gene Variations Can Even Alter Effect of the Pills We Take |
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March 21, 2008 • The Wall Street JournalScientists are learning that even small genetic changes can make us more vulnerable to certain diseases or alter our responses to particular medicines. |
New Approaches To Healing Wounds |
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January 14, 2008 • American Medical NewsNIGMS is funding a large, interdisciplinary group of researchers, who are planning to test a wide array of approaches to promote wound healing. |
Advance May End Stem Cell Debate |
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November 20, 2007 • The Washington PostTwo teams of scientists, one supported by NIGMS, have turned ordinary human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without using eggs or embryos. |
Widely Used Blood Thinner Will Come With Genetic Instructions |
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August 16, 2007 • ReutersThe blood thinner warfarin has become the first widely used drug that will include genetic tasting data on its label, moving personalized medicine into the mainstream. |
Side Effects Could Be Genetic |
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June 13, 2007 • Memphis Commercial AppealResearchers have found further evidence that normal genetic variations affect how the body responds to medications, but don't expect a DNA test before your next prescription. |
On the Trail of Parkinson’s, Through Yeast Cells |
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April 24, 2007 •
New York TimesNIGMS grantee Susan Lindquist is studying how misshaped proteins can lead to neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease. |
Friendster for Proteins |
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March 1, 2007 • ForbesThe article features the emerging field of systems biology and the work of several NIGMS grantees who are at the center of it. |
47 Years After Father, Son Wins a Nobel, Too |
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October 6, 2006 • The New York TimesNIGMS grantee Roger D. Kornberg wins the Nobel Prize for revealing the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription, the process of copying DNA into RNA. |
Americans Share Nobel Prize in Medicine |
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October 2, 2006 • USA TodayNIGMS grantees Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello receive the Nobel Prize for their discovery of RNA interference. |
A Biologist's Listening Guide to Bacteria |
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September 12, 2006 • National Public RadioNIGMS funds Princeton geneticist Bonnie Bassler, who studies quorum sensing, a chemical strategy bacteria use to join together into organized groups. |
Medical College Researcher Working to Make Genetic-Based Medicine a Reality |
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August 1, 2006 • Wisconsin Technology NetworkNIGMS is funding a researcher who aims to predict which patients will respond well to a class of drugs called thiopurines, which are used to treat inflammatory bowel disease and cancer, among other ailments. |
A Tale of Two Drugs Hints at Promise for Genetic Testing |
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July 11, 2006 • New York TimesA review of several studies that examine genetic variations and how they influence an individual’s response to particular medications. |
From Research Labs, Glowing Colors and Images |
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May 1, 2006 • The Washington PostThe Washington Post featured colorful images generated by NIGMS scientists and previously highlighted in the NIGMS monthly electronic newsletter Biomedical Beat. |
My Own Private Synchrotron |
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May 1, 2006 • The ScientistResearchers supported by the PSI and the NIGMS Small Business Innovation Research Program have developed a miniature synchrotron that could transform many fields of biomedical research. |
Family Quarantine is a Key to Fighting Bird Flu, Study Says |
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April 26, 2006 • National Geographic NewsResults from the latest NIGMS-supported pandemic flu modeling project, which simulates outbreaks in the United States. |
Nature Insight on Computational Biology |
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November 14, 2002 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |