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Currently, there is no effective treatment for many types of retinal degeneration. Nor are there sufficient treatments for autoimmune uveitis, as current uveitis treatment primarily uses steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, which can produce significant unwanted side effects with long-term use
Rare Disease Day is observed every year to raise awareness among policymakers and the public. It is observed in 103 countries with thousands of events occurring. On March 1st, NCATS and the NIH Clinical Center will host their Rare Disease Day conference to highlight NIH-supported rare disease
The National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was awarded an Excellence in Technology Transfer award from the 2021 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) awards. The FLC gave out 33 awards across nine different technology transfer categories, in addition to a COVID-19 Response
Are you interested in licensing a COVID-19 vaccine? As the pandemic continues, a safe, affordable, and efficacious vaccine continues to be of urgent importance. Scientists at NIAID have developed a vaccine against COVID-19 by utilizing the well-characterized vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) encoding