Releases & Announcements 2018 | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

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January 2018

NCATS-Led Team Finds Potential Strategy to Fight Huntington’s Disease
NCATS ∙ 01/11/2018 ∙ NCGC
NIH to Launch Genome Editing Research Program
NIH ∙ 01/23/2018 ∙ NCATS, NIH

February 2018

NCATS, Karolinska Institutet Scientists Attack Cancer’s Defenses
NCATS ∙ 02/14/2018 ∙ NCGC
NIH Hosts Rare Disease Day Event on March 1, 2018
NIH, NCATS ∙ 02/20/2018 ∙ NCATS, NIH, Rare Diseases

March 2018

Tox21 Collaborators Release New Strategic Plan for Chemical Testing
NCATS ∙ 03/29/2018 ∙ Tox21

April 2018

Many NIEHS and NTP Advances Shared at 2018 SOT
NIEHS, NCATS ∙ 04/04/2018 ∙ Tox21
Early Stimulation Improves Performance of Bioengineered Human Heart Cells
NIBIB, NCATS ∙ 04/05/2018 ∙ Tissue Chip
ALS Researchers Begin Recreating Human Spinal Cords on a Chip
NCATS, NINDS ∙ 04/27/2018 ∙ Tissue Chip

May 2018

NIH, Northwestern Scientists Develop Potential New Approach to Stop Cancer Metastasis
NCATS, Northwestern ∙ 05/16/2018 ∙ BrIDGs, NCGC

June 2018

New Funding Opportunities Available for Collaborative Rare Diseases Research
NCATS ∙ 06/11/2018 ∙ RDCRN
Methadone and Buprenorphine Reduce Risk of Death after Opioid Overdose
NCATS, NIDA ∙ 06/19/2018 ∙ CTSA Program
Two Diabetes Medications Don’t Slow Progression of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
NCATS, NIDDK ∙ 06/25/2018 ∙ CTSA Program

August 2018

Intervention for First-Time Moms and Their Infants Improves Child Weight through Age 3
NCATS, NIDDK ∙ 08/07/2018 ∙ CTSA Program

September 2018

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

October 2018

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