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Endocrine Society members this spring urged Congress to provide an increase of $3.2 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year (FY) 2022, resulting in a total of $46.1 billion. Members discussed the importance of steady sustained increased funding for NIH, and the positive impact federal funding has on research discoveries in their own districts and states.
More patients than previously reported may experience hearing symptoms such as hearing loss or muffled hearing from a new treatment for thyroid eye disease TED), teprotumumab (Tepezza), according to a small study presented virtually at ENDO 2021. Teprotumumab, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January 2020, is the first and only drug to be approved for TED.
Getting published can be a challenging journey. Andrea Gore, Ph.D., from the University of Texas at Austin talks about what makes for a well-written scientific paper and about the peer review process: what to expect and how to understand the feedback from editors.
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