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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.)

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports basic biomedical research that is not targeted to specific diseases and funds studies on genes, proteins, and cells, as well as on fundamental processes like communication within and between cells and metabolism. It was established in 1962.

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Abstract

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports basic biomedical research that is not targeted to specific diseases and funds studies on genes, proteins, and cells, as well as on fundamental processes like communication within and between cells and metabolism. It was established in 1962.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • NIGMS
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2008

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Previous Indexing

  • National Institutes of Health (1966-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.). Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054587. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054587
  2. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.). In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_General_Medical_Sciences
  3. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.). In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6973666