Report of the Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (16th). Reportof Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Activities

摘要

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides leadership for anational program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood and in the uses of blood and the management of blood resources. Through research in its own laboratories and through extramural research grants and contracts, the Institute conducts an integrated and coordinated program that includes basic and clinical investigations, clinical trials, epidemiologic studies, and demonstration and education projects. The Institute also supports research training and career development for new and established investigators in basic and clinical research relating to these topics. The highlights that follow exemplify the remarkable progress that can be realized when advances in basic sciences support clinical applications and clinical needs provide direction for the basic sciences. In the report, summaries of research accomplishments and opportunities are organized under the three major research areas within the purview of the Institute: heart and vascular diseases, lung diseases, and blood diseases and resources. Gene therapy and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), because of their relevance to all three research areas, are discussed in a final section entitled 'Institute-Wide Programs'.