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The transmembrane channel-like gene 1 (TMC1) protein is required for the transduction of sound into electrical impulses in inner ear sensory cells. Mutations to TMC1 is one of the common causes hereditary hearing loss. Inventors at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Rare Disease Day is observed every year to raise awareness among policymakers and the public. It is observed in 103 countries with thousands of events occurring. On March 1st, NCATS and the NIH Clinical Center will host their Rare Disease Day conference to highlight NIH-supported rare disease
The National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was awarded an Excellence in Technology Transfer award from the 2021 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) awards. The FLC gave out 33 awards across nine different technology transfer categories, in addition to a COVID-19 Response
Are you interested in licensing a COVID-19 vaccine? As the pandemic continues, a safe, affordable, and efficacious vaccine continues to be of urgent importance. Scientists at NIAID have developed a vaccine against COVID-19 by utilizing the well-characterized vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) encoding