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National Institutes of Health

(NIH)

a health agency of the United States Public Health Service, composed of numerous different component institutes and centers, many of which are dedicated to medical research.

NIH

Abbreviation for National Institutes of Health (U.S. Public Health Service).

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NIH

abbr.

National Institutes of Health

NIH

A federal agency within the US Public Health Service (PHS), and part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which is comprised of 27 Institutes and Centers located on a 306 acre campus in Bethesda, Maryland, each with a specific research agenda. The NIH is responsible for carrying out and supporting biomedical and behavioural research and improving the health of Americans; its campus is home to the Clinical Center, the largest hospital in the world totally dedicated to clinical research.

NIH

Abbreviation for U.S. National Institutes of Health (an agency or operating division of the U.S. Public Health Service).

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NIH

Abbrev for the National Institutes for Health. This is an American government-sponsored body, the principal interest of which to the general public is the excellent web site (www.hih.gov/) providing reliable medical information.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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We think we should be allowed to construct the building and if it is proved that NIH owns the land, it should even be given control of the building,' he added.

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The NIH CRM was created to serve as a resource for the scientific community, providing stem cells and supporting protocols and standard operating procedures used to derive, culture, and differentiate the stem cells into different cell types.

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Applications are then reviewed for scientific merit by a review group assembled by the NIH Center for Scientific Research.

NIH assistance for new therapeutic development: NIH-RAID pilot program

The final regulation will also allow NIH employees more leeway to engage in outside activities with professional or scientific organizations, serve on data and safety monitoring boards, give grand rounds lectures, and perform scientific grant reviews.

NIH eases restrictions on stock ownership

Since so much is at stake when it comes to relationships between the NIH and private industry, one might argue that the organization should flatly prohibit its intramural scientists from receiving any money for consulting with pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies.

Conflicts of interest at the NIH: no easy solution

The move is a reversal for Elias Zerhouni, NIH director, who told Congress earlier this year that he did not favor a complete ban on industry interactions because these interactions are important in furthering science.

NIH announces moratorium on consulting ties

NIH proposes that all publications that arise from NIH-sponsored research be made available free to the public within six months after they have been published.

Access to NIH-funded research information--public comment period to November 16, 2004

[section] 286) as a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1956 describes the mission of the library as collecting, preserving, and disseminating medical literature as well as making "available its bibliographic, reference, or other services, to public and private entities and individuals." NLM fulfilled this mission for many years by primarily serving health professionals, especially through the MEDLINE[R] database of references to millions of biomedical research publications.

MedlinePlus[R]: the National Library of Medicine[R] brings quality information to health consumers

A call to the NIH by The Advocate was not returned, but the agency has said publicly that the purpose of its inquiries to researchers was to gather enough in formation on already-awarded grants to be able to defend them to Congress.

Hit list on the Hill: insiders say a Capitol Hill "hit list" of controversial AIDS and sexuality researchers was circulated by mistake, but scientists actually on the list say it's further evidence that Congress is taking political potshots at their work

When Bill Clinton became President, the annual NIH budget reached the milestone level of $10 billion.

NIH research: big money, small returns

NIH's partnership with BMS provided the company with the research results that enabled Taxol to be commercialized quickly and made available as a treatment for cancer patients.

Technology Transfer: NIH-Private Sector Partnership in the Development of Taxol

The program assists investigators Dom academic institutions, nonprofit research institutions, and biotechnology and small pharmaceutical companies by providing access to NIH contract resources for therapeutics development.

Cancer and AIDS: National Cancer Institute's investment in research

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