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What Can Prevent Walking Disability in Older People?

National Institutes of Health - Posted: November 4th, 2009, 3:45pm EST

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the award of $29.5 million in grant support over the next two years to determine whether a specific physical activity program can stave off disability in older people. The funding will begin the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders — LIFE — trial, the largest ever undertaken to prevent mobility disability among older people who are at risk of losing their ability to walk and to live independently in the community. The grant is being awarded to the University of Florida’s Institute on Aging in Gainesville.

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NIAID Announces New Human Immunology Research Awards to Help Fight Emerging Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health - Posted: November 4th, 2009, 2:45pm EST

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded approximately $208 million to two programs that support research to better understand the human immune response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including those that may be introduced into a community through acts of bioterrorism.

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NIAID Awards Five-Year, $56 Million Contract to Continue Study of Asthma in Inner City Children

National Institutes of Health - Posted: November 4th, 2009, 11:55am EST

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has renewed the contract to continue studying asthma in children living in lower-income, inner city environments. This five-year, $56 million award will support the Inner-City Asthma Consortium (ICAC), a nationwide clinical trials network to evaluate promising new therapies to reduce asthma severity and prevent disease, and to perform basic research to understand how these therapies work.

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NIH Awards More than 50 Grants to Boost Search for Causes, Improve Treatments for Autism

National Institutes of Health - Posted: November 4th, 2009, 9:55am EST

The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than 50 autism research grants, totaling more than $65 million, which will be supported with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. These grants are the result of the largest funding opportunity for research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to date, announced in March 2009.

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