By IRP Staff Blogger
Monday, January 11, 2016
This past holiday season, 14-year old Gillian Copejans was the second person in the world to get an incredible gift: leading-edge gene-therapy treatment at the NIH Clinical Center.
By IRP Staff Blogger
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Sixteen-year old Howayne McGregor, from Jamaica, suddenly collapsed on his routine walk to school and was rushed to the nearest hospital. After sending his lab results to Dr. Neal Young at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Howayne received the diagnosis of aplastic anemia, a rare but serious blood disorder in which the body’s bone marrow doesn’t make enough new blood cells.
By Michele Lyons
Friday, October 23, 2015
Children surround President George H.W. Bush at the opening of the NIH Children’s Inn on June 21, 1990.
By IRP Staff Blogger
Monday, October 19, 2015
At the age of one, Mia Strawser started to experience 105-degree fevers for weeks with no explanation. One of her specialists knew there had to be something “bigger” going on and referred Mia to the NIH's Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP). The UDP reviewed Mia’s medical records and recommended she see Dr. Dan Kastner.
