May 23, 2025

NIA Researchers Introduce the Healthspan
By Amber Snyder
Researchers from NIH's National Institute on Aging want to reframe our concept of lifespan and aging. Rather than only focusing on extending lifespan, they hypothesize that increasing the number of years spent in good health could be valuable to older patients.

Chung Decodes Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes
By Amber Snyder
Meet Dr. Stephanie Chung, a researcher and clinician at NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases studying youth-onset type 2 diabetes.
NIH Launches Universal Vaccine Platform
NIH is developing the next-generation, universal vaccine platform, Generation Gold Standard, using a beta-propiolactone (BPL)-inactivated, whole-virus platform.
Investigator Studies How the Environment Affects Asthma
By Elizabeth Witherspoon
Dr. Stavros Garantziotis, a lung doctor and head of the Matrix Biology Research Group at NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), recently discussed specific exposures driving asthma and how people’s immune systems react differently.