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July 27, 2016
New medication shows promise against liver fibrosis in animal studies
A new drug developed by scientists at the National Institutes of Health limits the progression of liver fibrosis in mice, a hopeful advance against a condition for which there is no current treatment and that often leads to serious liver disease in...

 

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July 19, 2016
Researchers identify brain circuits that help people cope with stress

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified brain patterns in humans that appear to underlie “resilient coping,” the healthy emotional and behavioral responses to stress that help some people handle stressful...

 

Research News
July 18, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum: Researchers harness power of magnets to study brain receptors
You may be familiar with how doctors use pictures from magnetic resonance imaging machines, better known as MRIs, to diagnose injuries and other health problems. But did you know that NIAAA scientists have another technology that harnesses the power...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 13, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum: New NESARC data providing key information on prevalence of alcohol and substance abuse

The NIAAA-sponsored National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions–III (NESARC–III), conducted from 2012 to 2013, is the newest wave of the largest study ever conducted on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use and disorders;...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 01, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum: SALIS "Digs" Project Makes NIAAA Monographs and Other References Widely Available

The Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS), in partnership with NIAAA and a nonprofit digital library called the Internet Archive (IA), are working to digitize the literature of the alcohol-and-other-drugs field that is...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 01, 2016
NIH issues new funding opportunities for research to improve treatment outcomes for substance use disorders

The Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN ) has published two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) on "Target Assessment, Engagement and Data Replicability to Improve Substance Use...

 

New & Noteworthy
June 30, 2016
Dr. Koob Receives French Legion of Honor

In recognition of his contribution to the development of scientific collaborations between France and the United States, George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National...

 

Research News
June 29, 2016
Chronic Plus Binge: A Better Model of Alcohol Abuse; Watch the NIH IRP Video
Above: Dr. Bin Gao, Chief of the Laboratory of Liver Diseases in the Division of Intramural Clinical and...

 

New & Noteworthy
June 29, 2016
In Memoriam: Dr. Loren (Larry) Parsons
With profound sadness, staff at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism note the passing of Loren (Larry) Parsons, Ph.D., of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders...

 

Research News
June 27, 2016
NIAAA Spectrum Spotlight: Sex Differences in Addiction Research
Recent NIH-wide efforts to address sex differences in preclinical research underscore the importance of such issues to scientists who study alcohol addiction. “In fact, animal models of alcohol addiction reveal significant differences between males...

 

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