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...addition, new research has revealed that relatives who carry the fragile X trait, like Max's mother and grandfather, may themselves be affected by it. At the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a new panel has been charged by Congress to direct research into FXS and related conditions. "We hope to learn lessons that may be applicable to helping people with Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's and myotonic dystrophies too," says Tiina Urv, who heads the panel. Research on the FXS family of disorders may also yield clues to some forms of infertility...
...Grassley, who had been looking at the financial relationships between physicians and drug companies recently, is asking the NIH to "take a closer look" at the grants they give to researchers...
...Every year, the NIH hands out almost $24 billion in grants," Grassley said in a floor speech. "But nobody is watching to ensure that the conflicts of interest are being monitored...
...According to Grassley, transparency in such financial relationships would decrease the chances of universities violating NIH regulations on conflicts of interest...
...NIH is supposed to be aware of conflicts of interests when it distributes grant money to doctors," said Jill Kozeny, a spokesman for Grassley. "And what Senator Grassley talked about on the floor last week illustrates that NIH is not aware of relationships that it arguably should...