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NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.

The goals of the agency are:

  • to foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies, and their applications as a basis for ultimately protecting and improving health;
  • to develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources that will ensure the Nation's capability to prevent disease;
  • to expand the knowledge base in medical and associated sciences in order to enhance the Nation's economic well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research; and
  • to exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science.

In realizing these goals, the NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the Nation by conducting and supporting research:

  • in the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases;
  • in the processes of human growth and development;
  • in the biological effects of environmental contaminants;
  • in the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; and
  • in directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists.
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Reusable Digital Data Lifecycle Downloads for Omics-Lethal Human Virus Systems Biology The Omics-LHV Systems Virology project was one of four projects, funded by the NIAID Systems Biology for Infectious Diseases Research Program (funded from 2008-2013), was established in developing and validating...

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Last updated on 2023-05-05T16:36:07+00:00 by LN Anderson PNNL DataHub NIAID Program Project: Modeling Host Responses to Understand Severe Human Virus Infections, Multi-Omic Viral Dataset Catalog Collection The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) "Modeling Host Responses to...

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Last updated on 2023-01-30T00:09:57+00:00 by LN Anderson Omics-LHV Profiling of Host Response to Influenza A Virus Infection Background Influenza A virus (IAV) is a high risk biological agent, classified as a Category C priority pathogen (Orthomyxoviridae) by the National Institute of Allergy and...

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Last updated on 2023-01-30T00:09:57+00:00 by LN Anderson Omics-LHV Profiling of Host Response to West Nile Virus Infection Background West Nile virus (WNV) is classified as a Category B priority pathogen (mosquito-borne Flaviviridae) by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

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Last updated on 2023-01-30T00:09:57+00:00 by LN Anderson Omics-LHV Profiling of Host Interferon-Stimulated Response to Virus Infection Background The human host Interferon (IFN) alpha, beta, and gamma participate in the body's natural immune response to lethal virus infection and disease. The NIAID...

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Last updated on 2023-01-30T00:09:57+00:00 by LN Anderson Omics-LHV Profiling of Host Response to MERS-CoV Virus Infection Background Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is classified as a Category C priority pathogen (Coronaviridae) by the National Institute of Allergy and...

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Last updated on 2023-01-30T00:09:57+00:00 by LN Anderson Omics-LHV Profiling of Host Response to Ebola Virus Infection Background Ebola virus (EBOV) is a high risk biological agent, classified as a Category A priority pathogen (Flaviviridae) by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

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