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...Laboratories, Electro-Nucleonics and Litton Bionetics, were produced in crash programs prompted many fears about the reliability and precision of the tests. Of particular concern was the chance that too many blood samples would register an incorrect positive reading, falsely suggesting the presence of AIDS antibodies. Last week, an NIH conference on the blood tests brought reassuring news: in the first three months of use around the country, the tests have proved 99.8% accurate. Screeners have found that most of the false positive results could be eliminated simply by repeating the test. Says Curran: "We've pretty much solved...
Lazy eyes are usually treated before first grade, when therapy is most effective. But NIH-funded research in the Archives of Ophthalmology gives hope to older kids, ages 7 and up, suggesting that patches, eyedrops and near-vision activities can improve their vision...
...addition to money, researchers say, the drive against AIDS needs more direction and better coordination, which only federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health can provide. The NIH has an established nationwide program for the testing of new anticancer agents. Says William Haseltine of Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: "What we need to do is apply that know-how and organization to AIDS." Current U.S. trials of antiviral drugs are being conducted in a piecemeal way, often with each research group setting its own standards and protocols. Dr. Martin Hirsch, a Harvard immunologist, complains that it is difficult...
Beginning examples of such genome-oriented cancer treatments such as Iressa have met with overwhelming success, according to Larry J. Thompson, communications director for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)—one of the 27 institutes of the NIH...
...gave him experience in diplomacy, tolerance for turf and over the course of the time he was at NIH, he grew into someone who is able to recognize and respect diverse perspectives,” says Leshner. “That’s why I think he’d be a good provost...