According to the magazine, Dr Vitetta has now applied to the US National Institutes of Health for further funding to test the vaccine against aerosolised ricin with the hope of eventually testing the vaccine on people.

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"This is the first time that we've had a complete chapter in the human instruction book, and that's pretty amazing, " said Dr Francis Collins, from the US National Institutes of Health and who chairs the HGP.

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration on Aging (AoA), the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as well as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have also moved the HIV and aging agenda forward.

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For instance, two recent studies by the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Agriculture found that most soda tax proposals significantly overstate the amount of weight loss they would generate.

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There is a National Institutes of Health project to get us there, an X Prize to reward whoever gets there first, and a book (a great read) named after the idea.

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Luckily for most of us that weight gain is only a pound or two, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health.

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Fortunately, through the combined support of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other US Government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and others, progress in developing new technologies that prevent HIV infection has been notable.

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