This exhibit explores Explore the Nobel Prize-winning work of NHLBI's Marshall Nirenberg, who deciphered the genetic code in the early 1960s with the collaboration help of his NIH colleagues, enabling genetics to become a central scientific field.

Accomplished biochemists and beloved mentors, The scientific power couple of Thressa and Earl Stadtman have worked at NIH for more than half a century.developed a unique way to train scientists; they each made significant scientific contributions too.

In the 1950s, the NIH's Dr. Robert Bowman developed a sensitive instrument called the spectrophotofluorometer, or “SPF”, that allowed scientists to use fluorescence as a way to The colorful glow of fluorescent chemicals can identify and measure tiny amounts of substances in the body.   This exhibit explores the instrument and its use in scientific studies ranging from anti-depressant medication to AIDS research and the Human Genome ProjectThis spectrophotofluorometer invented by Robert Bowman did just that.

This All sorts of viruses were visualized for the first time on this Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope was used for over three decades by Dr. Albert Kapikian, NIAID. The instrument was used to detect and characterize various viruses..

This exhibit places some examples of Learn about cutting-edge research , funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, in historical context. The virtual exhibit is under construction but you can visit the NIBIB Emerging Technology Exhibit in person in Building 31..

This looks at Discover the history of the home pregnancy test and examines test—developed at the NIH—and examine its place in our culture. Research that led to a sensitive, accurate pregnancy test was done by scientists in the Reproductive Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.

The story of how pain research evolved at NIDCRPain is a universally known and feared human condition, but it's also one of the least understood. Learn about NIH research on different facets of pain.

How are proteins made? How do they fold, and what role does structure play in their function? Chris Anfinsen's investigations answered these questions; they also led to a Nobel Prize.

Studying hormones, Martin Rodbell and his colleagues discovered a mechanism that transformed our understanding of how cells respond to signals. In a series of pioneering experiments conducted at the NIH, Rodbell studied hormones--substances which have specific effects on cells' activity. He won the 1994 Nobel Prize for this work, explaining how our body makes sense of the world. For his work, he was awarded a Nobel Prize.

This exhibit tells how 20th century researchers at the National Institutes of Health created new opiate drugs and developed a synthetic source for morphine and codeine -- and whyLearn how the NIH Total Opiate Synthesis freed us from dependence upon flowers for painkillers and opened the door to new ones.

How medical researchers study diseases, by answering three basic questions. Focuses on Dr. Is there a disease? What causes it? Can we prevent, treat, or cure it? Roscoe Brady's team at NINDS and their work with Gaucher diseaseresearch into Gaucher's disease answered all three questions.

Howard Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawings.

A collection Discover a collection of 24 medical posters drawn by artists at the NIH, representing topics from arthritis to women's health.