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Adolescent Brain Differences Linked to Increased Waist Circumference

Differences in the microstructure of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), a region in the brain that plays an important role in processing food and other reward stimuli, predict increases in indicators of obesity in children, according to a study funded by NIDA and nine other institutes.

Study Aims to Identify Promising Covid-19 Treatments for Larger Clinical Trials

NIAID recently launched a study designed to determine whether certain approved therapies or investigational drugs in late-stage clinical development show promise against Covid-19. The ACTIV-5 Big Effect Trial will soon enroll adult volunteers hospitalized with Covid-19 at as many as 40 U.S sites.

Investigational Covid-19 vaccine Well-Tolerated and Generates Immune Response in Older Adults

A phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection has shown that the vaccine is well-tolerated and generates a strong immune response in older adults. A report published Sept. 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the findings from the study, which was supported by NIAID.

Some Cerebral Palsy Cases May Be Tied to Brain-Wiring Genes

Researchers confirm that about 14 percent of all cases of cerebral palsy, a disabling brain disorder for which there are no cures, may be linked to a patient’s genes and suggest that many of those genes control how brain circuits become wired during early development.

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