FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 NIAID conducts and
supports research—at NIH, throughout the United States, and
worldwide—to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated
diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing
and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and
other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web
site at www.niaid.nih.gov. About the National Institutes of
Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency,
includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary
federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and
translational medical research, and is investigating the causes,
treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For
more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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