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Charting the future together with the NHLBI Strategic Vision

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The NHLBI Strategic Vision will shape scientific research priorities for the Institute and guide future funding strategies in heart, lung, blood and sleep research over the next decade. Check out the Vision here.

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Our Sickle Cell Disease Research Legacy

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We are building on our sickle cell disease research legacy! Read about our past, present, and future sickle cell disease research and clinical trials to improve the lives and care of sickle cell disease patients.

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Our TOPMed Program is Growing

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Have you heard how our TOPMed program is designed to enable precision medicine for heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders? Learn how TOPMed is growing—sequencing over 60,000 individual genomes; collecting some other -omics data; and funding key support areas. Read about the diverse participants in our whole-genome sequencing project.

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Did you know lifestyle changes such as heart-healthy eating, aiming for a healthy weight, managing stress, being physically active, and quitting smoking can help you prevent and control heart and other cardiovascular diseases? Explore our new English and Spanish Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Changes Health Topic for more information and tips to help you protect your health.

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NOT-OD-17-006: Request for information (RFI): Including Preprints and Interim Research Products in NIH Applications and Reports
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The sky’s the limit: Woman with sickle cell disease gets life-changing bone marrow transplant 

Jennifer Nsenkyire (pronounced ‘century’) has suffered from sickle cell disease for as long as she can remember.  As a teenager growing up in her native Ghana, she endured the excruciating pain caused by the condition sometimes for days at a time.  At least once a month she had to be hospitalized, and blood transfusions came at a steady, troubling pace. Read full fact sheet...

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September 29, 2016
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