Releases & Announcements

In the Spotlight

The insignia representing the collaboration between CASIS and NIH (NCATS and NIBIB) for the Tissue Chips in Space investigations to the International Space Station National Laboratory. (CASIS Photo)

A Giant Leap Forward for Tissue Chip Research in Space

NASA ∙ 11/08/2018 ∙ Tissue Chip

NCATS-supported researchers, in collaboration with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, are testing devices, known as tissue- or organ-on-chips, to see how human cells inside these devices respond to stresses, drugs and genetic changes in space.

November 2018

A Giant Leap Forward for Tissue Chip Research in Space
NASA ∙ 11/08/2018 ∙ Tissue Chip

October 2018

NIH Awards $86 Million to Improve Genome Editing Techniques
NCATS ∙ 10/09/2018 ∙ Somatic Cell Genome Editing
Gastric Banding as Effective as Metformin in Slowing Progression of Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
NCATS, NIDDK ∙ 10/04/2018 ∙ CTSA Program

September 2018

NIH and Children’s National Partner to Advance Pediatric Clinical Research
NCATS, NIAID ∙ 09/17/2018 ∙ CTSA Program
High Blood Sugar during Pregnancy Ups Risk of Mother’s Type 2 Diabetes, Child’s Obesity
NCATS, NIDDK ∙ 09/11/2018 ∙ CTSA Program
NCATS Funding Available to Repurpose Existing Drugs
NCATS ∙ 09/06/2018 ∙ New Therapeutic Uses