The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are partnering on a “real-world data platform enabling advanced research across claims data, electronic medical records, and consumer wearables,” the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said in a May 7 press release. “We’re using this partnership to uncover…
New NIH, CMS Partnership Aims to Build ‘Data Platform’ for Research on Chronic Conditions
Study: Abnormal Proteins Found in Spinal Fluid of ALS Patients
The new findings could help to diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the future.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered abnormal proteins in the spinal fluid of people who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In a Jan. 31 announcement, the NIH said the new findings could help diagnose ALS going forward. The research was published in Science Translational Medicine. Researchers discovered that the abnormal proteins…