Assistant Secretary of State Marie Royce Travels to Spain

Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce is visiting Spain from October 15–17 to represent the United States during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the binational agreement between Spain and United States to establish the Fulbright Program.

Purdue drug discovery aims to find better drug ‘fits,’ avoid medication tragedies like thalidomide

West Lafayette, Indiana - When a medication doesn’t “fit” the body quite right, the results can be devastating. Such is the case for thalidomide, which was prescribed in the 1950s and 1960s as a sedative or hypnotic, even for pregnant women.

NIH programs shed light on gene variants and their connections to health and disease

Washington, DC - Programs supported by the National Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in genomic medicine and research.

Secretary of State Pompeo's Travel to Riyadh

Washington, DC - At the request of President Trump, Secretary of State Pompeo will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today.

Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury

Washington, DC - Ever wonder why things that normally feel gentle, like putting on soft shirts, are painful after a sunburn? In a study of four patients with a rare genetic disorder, NIH researchers found that PIEZO2, a gene previously shown to control our sense of our bodies in space and gentle touch, may also be responsible for tactile allodynia: the skin’s reaction to injury that makes normally gentle touches feel painful.