Heavily Processed Foods Cause Overeating, Weight Gain
People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from an NIH study.
Want To Learn a New Skill? Take Some Short Breaks
In a study of healthy volunteers, NIH researchers found that our brains may solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds earlier by taking a short rest. The results highlight the critically important role rest may play in learning.
New Tool May Transform Study of Brain Structure, Function
With funding through the BRAIN Initiative, researchers developed a way to deliver an artificial blood supply to the isolated postmortem brain of a pig, preventing the degradation that would otherwise destroy many cellular and molecular functions and render it unsuitable for study.
Gene Therapy Restores Immunity in Infants with Rare Disease
A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited disorder in which infection-fighting immune cells do not develop or function normally.
Harnessing T-Cell ‘Stemness’ Could Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy
A new study led by scientists at NCI sheds light on one way tumors may continue to grow despite the presence of cancer-killing immune cells. The findings, published Mar. 29 in Science, suggest a way to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapies for cancer treatment.
FDA-Approved Drug Effectively Treats Rare Chronic Immune Disorder
A drug approved to treat a severe form of asthma dramatically improved the health of people with rare chronic immune disorders called hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) in whom other treatments were ineffective or intolerable.
First-in-Human Trial of a Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate Begins
The first clinical trial of an innovative universal influenza vaccine candidate is examining the vaccine’s safety and tolerability as well as its ability to induce an immune response in healthy volunteers. Scientists at NIAID developed the experimental vaccine.
Study Finds Ebola Survivors in Liberia Face Ongoing Health Issues
Survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Liberia had a higher prevalence of certain health issues when compared to a control group of household and community members who did not have a history of EVD.
Tuberculosis Diagnosis in People with HIV Increases Risk of Death Within 10 Years
Among people with HIV in Latin America, those diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) at an initial clinic visit were about twice as likely to die within 10 years as people not initially diagnosed with TB.