NCATS research addresses scientific and operational challenges that slow the development of the new interventions to improve human health. The Center aims to make translational science more efficient, less expensive and less risky.
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Research
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Research
Ketogenic Diet Leads to Cognitive Improvement in Patients with Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
NCATS-supported researchers tested the hypothesis that ketones could offer an alternate energy source for the brain in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study found improved brain function in people with mild AD after a three-month ketogenic diet.
Rare Disease Research Teams Strive for Improved Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches
NIH has awarded approximately $38 million in grants to 20 teams and a data management center to study rare diseases. Research groups will collaborate to learn more about the causes and progression of rare diseases and develop new treatment approaches.
NIH Awards $89 Million to Support Genome Editing Research
NIH has awarded $89 million for 24 research projects that aim to develop high-quality tools for performing safe and effective genome editing in humans. Advances in the field could lead to new treatments for both common and rare genetic diseases.
Pre-Clinical InnovationImproving the process by which diagnostics and therapeutics are developed.
Clinical InnovationDemonstrating more efficient, collaborative approaches to clinical research.
Strategic Alliances & LicensingSupporting technology development and partnerships to disseminate promising new approaches.
Patient/Community Engagement & Health InformationEngaging patients in every step of the research process to build trust and improve study quality.
Improving the process by which diagnostics and therapeutics are developed.
Demonstrating more efficient, collaborative approaches to clinical research.
Strategic Alliances & Licensing
Supporting technology development and partnerships to disseminate promising new approaches.
Patient/Community Engagement & Health Information
Engaging patients in every step of the research process to build trust and improve study quality.
Research at NCATS
NCATS research projects and initiatives focus on addressing scientific and technical challenges to reduce, remove, or bypass bottlenecks in the development of new treatments and tests that will ultimately improve human health. The Center studies translation on a system-wide level to accelerate the development of interventions for more than one disease.
Through its research initiatives, NCATS develops new approaches, technologies, resources, and models; demonstrates their usefulness in a specific disease or case study; and disseminates the data, analyses the methods to the larger scientific community.
NIH-NASA Biomedical Research Activities
NIH and NASA are exploring how biomedical research can address the challenges of deep space exploration and benefit human health in space and on Earth.
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