has awarded a five-year contract to The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) to establish the Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC). The PFGRC is a centralized facility providing the research community with resources necessary to conduct functional genomics research on human pathogens and invertebrate vectors of infectious diseases. The PFGRC provides scientists with genomic resources and reagents such as microarrays, protein expression clones, genotyping and bioinformatics services. The PFGRC supports the training of scientists in the latest techniques in functional genomics and emerging genomic technologies. Click here for more information.
The NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It conducts and supports research that strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.
the federal agency that is responsible for a great deal of the government-sponsored AIDS research. NIAID is a branch of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH).
An NIH institute that conducts and supports research to study the causes of allergic, immunologic, and infectious diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing, and treating illnesses. NIAID is responsible for the federally funded, national basic research program in AIDS. It supports basic research, epidemiology, and natural history studies; blood screening tests; drug discovery and development; vaccine development and testing; and treatment studies, some directly and some through contracts and cooperative agreements with other institutions. It administers the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG) and the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group, network of testing units at hospitals around the country. NIAID also administers the Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) a community-based network of AIDS treatment research centers. Internet address: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/.
Office of Communications Bldg. 31/Rm. 7A50 31 Center Drive, MSC 2520 Bethesda, MD 20892-2520 (301) 496-5717 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/ and http://www.niaid.nih.gov/clintrials/default.htm (for clinical trials information)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.
