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This graphic depicts normal myoblast (early muscle cells with a single nucleus) fusing together to form myocytes (multinucleated muscle cells) during myogenesis.

August 20, 2021

  • About a dozen people in helmets, masks, and safety vests stand in an unfinished room as one speaks.

    Collins Applauds Extraordinary Efforts at Construction Site, Utility Plant

    By Carla Garnett

    NIH director Dr. Francis Collins recently made another stop on his “Gratitude Tour.” He has visited several key staff and locations in 2021 to show his appreciation for employees and their continuous high-quality efforts in the midst of unprecedented, pandemic conditions.
  • Dr. Cecile Viboud

    Viboud’s Covid Transmission Data Guides Policy

    By Dana Talesnik

    Throughout an infectious disease pandemic, decision-makers rely on data projections to determine how to control transmission and move toward normalcy. NIIH disease modeler Dr. Cécile Viboud discusses plotting data from multiple models to quantify the burden of Covid infections.
  • A smiling Sadtler, in white lab coat with NIH logo, standing in the lab

    Sadtler Pauses Tissue Engineering Project to Launch Antibody Protocol

    By Dana Talesnik

    Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler set up her NIH lab, ready to study ways to regenerate injured tissues. She soon made a hard pivot when the pandemic hit, leading a serology study to help gauge asymptomatic, undiagnosed Covid infections around the country.
  • Dr. Brian P. Brooks portrait

    Brooks Narrows Search for Therapeutics for Albinism-Related Vision Loss

    By Amber Snyder

    Vision impairment is a common feature in most individuals with albinism, a condition in which the skin, hair and eyes (or some combination of the three) have reduced melanin pigmentation. Problems with eyesight can be so severe that people may be declared legally blind. Dr. Brian P. Brooks of NEI is investigating therapies to improve vision quality in patients with oculocutaneous albinism (OCA), which is the most common form of albinism in the U.S.
  • Dr. Charmaine Royal

    Two Researchers Discuss Race and Ancestry

    By Amber Snyder

    Two investigators made bold predictions about race and ancestry during a recent NHGRI human genomics seminar.
This graphic depicts normal myoblast (early muscle cells with a single nucleus) fusing together to form myocytes (multinucleated muscle cells) during myogenesis.

On the Cover

Myoblast Fusion. Image depicts normal myoblast (early muscle cells with a single nucleus) fusing together to form myocytes (multinucleated musle cells) during myogenesis.

Darryl Leja, NHGRI

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