NIH Research Matters

NIH accomplishments in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment include insights into Covid-19 vaccines, advances for type 1 diabetes, and a robotic exoskeleton that helps people walk.

Noteworthy NIH advances in basic research include progress in understanding and treating Alzheimer's disease, discoveries about how the microbiome affects human health, and learning how mosquitos find us.

An experimental HIV vaccine elicited broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in people and may lead to an effective vaccine strategy for HIV.

A smart bandage used wireless power to protect and monitor wounds, provide feedback on tissue health, and encourage healing using electrical current.

Data from thousands of patients with glioblastoma worldwide were used to develop an accurate model for detecting tumor boundaries.

A vaccine using mRNA technology induced an immune response in mice and ferrets against a broad range of different influenza types.

Air pollution in racially segregated communities contained more toxic metals than in well-integrated communities.