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UMP:Machner Lab - Unit on Microbial Pathogenesis
UREI:Segars Lab - Unit on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
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OGH:Office of Global Health (OGH)
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ORSC:Obesity Research Strategic Core (ORSC)
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SPPEB:Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation Branch (SPPEB)
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Current News Releases
2/13/2013
Lack of iron regulating protein contributes to high blood pressure of the lungs
A protein known to regulate iron levels in the body has an unexpectedly important role in preventing a form of high blood pressure that affects the lungs, and in stabilizing the concentration of red cells in blood, according to a study in mice by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
2/8/2013
Immune system protein in semen boosts HIV spread in female genital tissue
An immune system protein normally found in semen appears to enhance the spread of HIV to tissue from the uterine cervix, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
1/31/2013
Kutlesic named director of NICHD global health office
Vesna Kutlesic, Ph.D., became Director of the NICHD’s Office of Global Health on December 30, 2012.
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