August 11, 2017

CRISPR Becoming Crisper, More Ubiquitous, Says Zhang
By Rich McManus
Speaking in a packed Masur Auditorium, Dr. Feng Zhang traced CRISPR technology from its origins as a mechanism developed by bacteria to defend itself against pathogens to its current status as a sophisticated gene editor.

Pediatrician Discusses Ethics Of Parents’ Online Posts
By Dana Talesnik
Posting on social media raises questions of privacy and other concerns unique to the pediatric population, but sharing such information often provides social and emotional support; this is particularly salient for parents of children with complex or critical illness.
Cancer-Causing Viruses Yield Clues to New Treatments
By Eric Bock
At least 7 viruses that are known to cause cancer. Of those, Dr. Patrick Moore and his colleague and wife Dr. Yuan Chang discovered and characterized two. These insights are the first steps toward developing new cancer vaccines and treatments.
Musician Milner Thanks NIH with Music
By Rich McManus
The tradition of grateful Clinical Center musician-patients who return to campus to give concerts was extended on July 26 when singer-songwriter Kevin Milner, 38, of Newport, Ky., played a noontime gig, mostly of his own compositions, in the atrium.

Sepia-toned image of institutional building and front lawns

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In honor of NIH’s 130th anniversary. Scan of postcard showing U.S. Marine Hospital in Stapleton (Staten Island), N.Y., where the National Institutes of Health originated in August 1887.

Irma & Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, New York Public Library Digital Collections

August 11, 2017

Vol. LXIX, No. 16

August 11, 2017

Vol. LXIX, No. 16

August 11, 2017

CRISPR Becoming Crisper, More Ubiquitous, Says Zhang

Pediatrician Discusses Ethics Of Parents’ Online Posts

Cancer-Causing Viruses Yield Clues to New Treatments

Musician Milner Thanks NIH with Music

On the Cover

The NIH Record