Laboratory Information:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Bldg. 10, Rm. 13C101A
10 Center Drive (MSC 1930)
Bethesda, MD 20892
Website: http://www.niams.nih.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Funding/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Health and Human Services
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Ms. Melissa Porter
Phone: (301) 496-5213
Fax: (301) 402-1055
Email: porterm@mail.nih.gov
Mission of the Laboratory:
The mission of the National Institute of
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is to support research
into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training
of basic
and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research
progress in
these diseases.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Spinal Stenosis
- Sports Injuries
- Sprains and Strains
- Sun and Skin
- Sweating Disorders
- Vitiligo
- Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Fibromyalgia
- Gout
- Growth Plate Injuries
- Hair Loss in Women
- Heel Pain
- Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue
- Hip Replacement
- Connective Tissue
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's Disease of Bone
- Pain
- Pemphigus and Other Blistering Disorders of the Skin
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
- Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatic Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rosacea
- Scleroderma
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Problems
