How does Staphylococcus aureus evade our immune system? 🦠 With a new NIH R01, @lsu.bsky.social researcher Chen Chen is uncovering how this bacterium slows immune cells—insights that could improve pneumonia treatment.
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The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth Continued investment in the NIH is essential to fighting current and emerging health threats and to ensuring the U.S. remains a global leader in medical innovation.

THIS: The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
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