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Literature

PubMed

PubMed® comprises more than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

A Systematic Review Update

Donahue KE, Gartlehner G, Schulman ER, et al.

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Literature databases

Bookshelf

Books and reports

MeSH

Ontology used for PubMed indexing

NLM Catalog

Books, journals and more in the NLM Collections

PubMed

Scientific and medical abstracts/citations

PubMed Central

Full-text journal articles

Data

Genes

Gene sequences and annotations used as references for the study of orthologs structure, expression, and evolution

Gene

Collected information about gene loci

GEO DataSets

Functional genomics studies

GEO Profiles

Gene expression and molecular abundance profiles

HomoloGene

Homologous genes sets for selected organisms

PopSet

Sequence sets from phylogenetic and population studies

Proteins

Protein sequences, 3-D structures, and tools for the study of functional protein domains and active sites

Conserved Domains

Conserved protein domains

Identical Protein Groups

Protein sequences grouped by identity

Protein

Protein sequences

Protein Family Models

Models representing homologous proteins with a common function

Structure

Experimentally-determined biomolecular structures

BLAST

A tool to find regions of similarity between biological sequences

blastn

Search nucleotide sequence databases

blastp

Search protein sequence databases

blastx

Search protein databases using a translated nucleotide query

tblastn

Search translated nucleotide databases using a protein query

Primer-BLAST

Find primers specific to your PCR template

Genomes

Genome sequence assemblies, large-scale functional genomics data, and source biological samples

Assembly

Genome assembly information

BioCollections

Museum, herbaria, and other biorepository collections

BioProject

Biological projects providing data to NCBI

BioSample

Descriptions of biological source materials

Genome

Genome sequencing projects by organism

Nucleotide

DNA and RNA sequences

SRA

High-throughput sequence reads

Taxonomy

Taxonomic classification and nomenclature

Clinical

Heritable DNA variations, associations with human pathologies, and clinical diagnostics and treatments

ClinicalTrials.gov

Privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world

ClinVar

Human variations of clinical significance

dbGaP

Genotype/phenotype interaction studies

dbSNP

Short genetic variations

dbVar

Genome structural variation studies

GTR

Genetic testing registry

MedGen

Medical genetics literature and links

OMIM

Online mendelian inheritance in man

PubChem

Repository of chemical information, molecular pathways, and tools for bioactivity screening

BioAssays

Bioactivity screening studies

Compounds

Chemical information with structures, information and links

Pathways

Molecular pathways with links to genes, proteins and chemicals

Substances

Deposited substance and chemical information

News

Research news

NIH News Releases MARCH 20, 2024

Experimental gene therapy for giant axonal neuropathy shows promise in NIH clinical trial

Treatment for rare childhood disease was well tolerated and slowed loss of motor function.

The Scientist MARCH 18, 2024

How Cloud Labs and Remote Research Shape Science 

Remote research via cloud labs makes it possible for scientists to conduct complex experiments from a distance.

NIH News Releases MARCH 18, 2024

NIH studies find severe symptoms of “Havana Syndrome,” but no evidence of MRI-detectable brain injury or biological abnormalities

Compared to healthy volunteers, affected U.S. government personnel did not exhibit differences that would explain symptoms.

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NIH Director's Blog MARCH 26, 2024

Welcoming Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf for Rall Cultural Lecture on AI in Biomedical Research

Last week it was my pleasure to welcome to NIH Vinton “Vint” Cerf, a pioneer of the digital world widely known as one of the “fathers of the internet,” to speak at our annual J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture. We had a lively fireside chat focusing on “The Promises and Perils of AI in Biomedical Research and Health Care Delivery” that included discussions on topics like improving data collection, ensuring broad representativeness of the data being used to train AI and machine learning, expanding clinical research, and offering advice for scientists just starting out. It was an insightful, eye-opening conversation on a topic close to my heart. As NIH Director, I very much hope to deliver evidence-based health care to all people, and I’m excited about how AI and machine learning can help us advance toward that goal.

NLM Musings MARCH 20, 2024

Appreciating the Distinction: Clinical Informatics Research vs. Clinical Research Informatics

NLM funds grants related to both Clinical Informatics Research and Clinical Research Informatics—two fields that sound similar but are distinct in the ways they contribute to advancing health care delivery and patient outcomes. NLM’s Dr. Allison Dennis discusses how these concepts relate and how researchers can apply to related funding opportunities.