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Last Reviewed: August 6, 2024

Information about how to talk to your doctor about primary immune deficiency diseases from NIAID.

Last Reviewed: December 5, 2015

CTLA4 deficiency is a rare disorder that severely impairs the normal regulation of the immune system and was first identified by NIAID scientists in 2014.

Last Reviewed: April 11, 2019

After establishing a human cerebral organoid system to study CJD, NIAID researchers have developed the model to screen drugs for potential CJD treatment.

Published: March 9, 2021

Last Reviewed: August 6, 2024

A drug approved to treat certain autoimmune diseases and cancers successfully alleviated symptoms of a rare genetic syndrome called autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS-1).

Published: May 30, 2024

Sample application from David Al-Adra MD, Ph.D., for NIH standard independent research project grant (K08).

Last Reviewed: September 13, 2024

An experimental therapeutic cancer vaccine induced two distinct and desirable immune system responses that led to significant tumor regression in mice, report investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found that intravenous (IV) administration of the vaccine boosted the number of cytotoxic T

Published: November 10, 2022

Last Reviewed: November 24, 2023

Researchers aim to understand how abnormal prion protein causes disease at the molecular, biochemical, cellular, and animal-model levels.

Last Reviewed: January 29, 2021

A monoclonal antibody, mepolizumab, decreased asthma attacks by 27% in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents who have a form of severe asthma, are prone to asthma attacks and live in low-income urban neighborhoods, a National Institutes of Health clinical trial has found.

Published: August 10, 2022

Information from NIAID about early work that greatly influenced the development of an acellular pertussis vaccine

Last Reviewed: March 14, 2013

By studying the rare disease APECED, NIAID researchers and colleagues uncovered an unexpected immune mechanism that promotes susceptibility to fungal infections of the mucous membranes. Their findings suggest potential therapies for people with APECED and pave the way for work to investigate these tissue-specific immune responses in other diseases.

Last Reviewed: January 14, 2021

Last Reviewed: August 6, 2024

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Last Reviewed: August 6, 2024

Realizing that traditional laboratory science – aka “bench research” – isn’t for everyone, staff at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories recently invited two dozen area high school students to experience not only traditional research but also the lesser-known careers that make bench research possible.

Published: June 21, 2024

Office of Research on Women���s Health and NIH Support for Research on Women���s Health Report of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women���s Health: Fiscal Years 2019���2020 508-compliant PDF

Last Reviewed: March 8, 2022

Sample application from Kenneth Coleman, Ph.D., for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) fast track grant.

Last Reviewed: November 25, 2022

Last Reviewed: March 28, 2024

A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from cervids—deer, elk and moose—to people. The findings, from National Institutes of Health scientists and published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, are consistent with decades of similar research in animal models at the

Published: May 17, 2024

NIAID requires your human subjects research plans to include women, minorities, and participants of all ages unless you can justify their exclusion.

Last Reviewed: January 24, 2022

Reminder of NIH Policy on Late Applications Caused by Weather Emergencies; Examine Data on Professional Degree Types in NIH’s Grant Portfolio; NIH Revises Its Definition of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

Published: October 2, 2024

Sample grant summary statement from DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff, M.D for NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)

Last Reviewed: April 19, 2024

Sample application from Nicole Putnam, Ph.D., for National Research Service Award (NRSA) individual fellowship (F31) grants.

Last Reviewed: January 25, 2023