NIH scientists led an international team of researchers toward discovery of a new, adult-onset inflammatory disease abbreviated the VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome.

Researchers identify defects in the wound healing process that might explain why diabetic foot ulcers heal slower or not at all.

This past summer, the NIAMS Intramural Research Program’s (IRP’s) Career Development and Outreach Branch (CDOB) welcomed a cohort of 16 interns from across the country to participate in the NIAMS Summer Internship Program known as InVTRO, the first to do so fully in person since 2019.

See participant list See Backgrounder Summary Welcome (Bob Carter, 0:00 1) Dr. Carter provided an overview of why NIAMS was holding this meeting (see background), acknowledged key staff who were involved in its development, and urged participants to keep the discussions focused on the scientific needs and opportunities related to subset analysis in clinical studies. He asked everyone to think broadly about how the various statistical approaches could be applied to NIAMS mission areas and to share their contributions during the afternoon discussion. 1 Times are noted in approximate hours and minutes on the videocast. The link does not take

NIAMS organized a roundtable to engage stakeholders to discuss challenges, gaps, and opportunities regarding regenerative medicine approaches for cartilage preservation and restoration in knee OA and where and how NIAMS could play a role and move the field forward.

Dear Colleagues, From the Hippocratic corpus, the author writes, “I consider the responsibility of medicine to be to entirely relieve the suffering of the sick and to blunt the extremities of disease” (The Art 3.4-7)1. Note that despite the acknowledgment that disease may only be blunted, in promoting health it is our duty to relieve suffering wherever possible.