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
The Road to Improving Rural Health Outcomes
One out of every five Americans lives in a rural area, and many have difficulties accessing health care. To improve rural health outcomes, our CTSA Program is working to address health disparities unique to these areas and promote health equity.
A Promising Step in the Fight Against Lethal Childhood Brain Cancers
Researchers have identified a promising two-drug combination to treat deadly childhood brain cancers known as diffuse midline gliomas. The drug pair both kills cancer cells and counters the effects of a genetic mutation that causes the diseases.
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.
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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