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Building a COVID-19 Analytics Platform to Turn Clinical Data into Knowledge

A new effort aims to create a national resource of COVID-19 clinical data that the research community can use to answer critical research questions as the pandemic continues to evolve.

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Our focus is to advance the science of translation, which is the process of turning observations into interventions to improve health.

We collaborate with researchers, the public and other stakeholder groups to design new approaches and technologies that ultimately will deliver more treatments to more people more quickly. Read more

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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically

NIH-Supported Survey to Examine Impact of COVID-19 on Rare Diseases Community

Image of the United States with people lined up at the perimeter. There is a statistic in the middle of the image of the U.S. with the text “Every 10th Person You Know” which means that if you know 10 people, chances are one of the has a rare disease. There are about 10,000 different rare diseases affecting 30 million people in the U.S.

NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! 2020 Challenge Closes June 15. Submit Your Creative Entry!

Funding Opportunities: Notices of Special Interest to Advance COVID-19 Research

The effects of compounds on melanoma cells.

Overcoming Roadblocks to Melanoma Therapy with High-Throughput Screening

OpenData Portal: Sharing Drug Repurposing Data to Advance COVID-19 Research

On board the International Space Station, sensors attached to chambers containing the heart tissue chips detected changes in magnetic force as the tissues’ contractions moved posts with embedded magnets.

Studying Microgravity’s Effects on Heart Tissue Chips

Spreading a Message of Hope at Rare Disease Day at NIH

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Christopher P. Austin, M.D.

May Director's Message

Creating the data platforms needed to guide our response to COVID-19

NCATS brings together people, technologies and information to produce advances. In his latest message, the director discusses new COVID-19 data integration projects and web pages that explore a translational science approach to addressing COVID-19.

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May Director's Message

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