NIH Record - National Institutes of Health
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September 9, 2016

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    Eric Dishman, director of the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program (PMI-CP), owes his life and health to precision medicine and now wants to make the “Hail Mary pass” that saved him from kidney cancer common medical practice.
  • Poor Doctor-Patient Communication Often Breeds Poor Care

    A doctor’s communication skills might be the difference between patients receiving high-quality care instead of sub-standard care. That’s what NIMHD director Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable stressed at the recent CC Grand Rounds.
  • Director’s Lectures Feature Ancient DNA, Immunotherapy

    The 2016-2017 Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series returns with 35 planned talks, scheduled for Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m., in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10.
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On the Cover

Tracts of white matter in a mouse brain acquired with diffusion tensor imaging. The colors represent different fiber directions.

Susan Schwerin, M. Budde, M. Shindell, J. Munasinghe, S. Juliano & L.G. Cohen - NINDS

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