BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 12 -- The National Institutes of Health's Center for Cancer Research issued the following commentary on Oct. 11, 2024: * * * Reflecting on National Hispanic Heritage Month and Health Education By Timothy Watts, M.P.H., Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, Office of Equity & Inclusion The warm, quiet evening was punctuated by the sound of one lonely ice cube striking the inside of my thermos as I plunged through the double glass doors. I had consumed the last of my wat  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Center for Cancer Research issued the following news: Rare tumors of the genitourinary tract can appear in the kidney, bladder, ureters and penis. Two drugs -- sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab -- are each approved to treat other cancers. A clinical trial led by Andrea B. Apolo, M.D., Senior Investigator in the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, is researching if the two drugs used together can help people with rare  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 5 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news on Oct. 4, 2024: NHGRI recently appointed James Thomas, Ph.D., as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) (https://www.nisc.nih.gov/). NISC provides high-throughput DNA sequencing services to the NIH intramural research community, enabling powerful genomics studies across institutes and centers. "For more than 25 years, NISC has played an  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program Office (PMA-205) and the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) are bringing the future of training to student aviators with the new T-45C Goshawk mixed-reality simulator, also known as Project Link. The Navy is pioneering emerging technologies through the Naval Aviation Training Next (NATN) program, focusing on   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following remarks on by Secretary Carlos Del Toro at the SSN 812 naming as USS Baltimore: * * * Good morning, everyone! It is an honor to be with you here today. Mayor Scott, thank you for joining us and for your years of public service to the City of Baltimore. Thank you, Senator Cardin, for your partnership and support of our service men and women and their families in our Navy and Marine Corps. Deputy Secretary of Defense Hicks, ma  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Colonel Robert Hurst relieved Colonel Brian Taylor as the commanding officer of the V-22 Joint Program Office (PMA-275) during a change of command ceremony at the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two One's (HX-21) hangar on Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Oct. 10. The change of command ceremony was presided over by Brigadier General David Walsh, Program Executive Officer for Air, Anti-S  more