Medication Safety is Top Priority for NIH

Despite scarcity of funds, NIH announced generous awards that would allow medication testing using human tissue chips. In this unique system, human tissue is arranged on experimental framework material to mimic interplay of various organs in a body, and determine safety of drugs under development. This represents one of many advances toward safety and tolerability [...]

By |2024-12-10T19:59:30+00:00September 28th, 2014|

Is Your Health an Accident?

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the burden of chronic diseases is tremendous: It is estimated that 3 in 4 adults over age 65 and 1 in 15 children suffer from two or more chronic medical conditions — such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and chronic pain. As patients develop more [...]

By |2018-01-04T22:59:00+00:00August 23rd, 2014|