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Alternative test methods are test methods that reduce, refine, or replace animal use in research and testing.

Agricultural health is the study of environmental, occupational, dietary, and genetic factors on the health of farmers, farm families, pesticide applicators, and others who work with and are exposed to agricultural chemicals.

Approximately 246,000 women in the United States, or 1 in 8, are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

This study evaluates subjects with adult- and childhood-onset myositis to learn more about their causes, and the immune system changes and medical problems associated with them.

This study is being conducted for families with siblings or twins in which one sibling has developed a systemic autoimmune disease and the other sibling does not have an autoimmune disease. The goal is to understand the genetic and environmental factors that may result in autoimmune diseases

The Immunity Cells in Blood Study will determine how immune cells in the bloodstream may, under certain circumstances, contribute to inflammation.

A study conducted by NIEHS where moms can help their daughters prepare for puberty and demystify a girl’s first period.

Researchers are interested in developing a registry protocol to obtain biologic and environmental samples anonymously from adult volunteers for use in laboratory tests and studies.

The gene p53 suppresses cancer and inflammation in the body, and NIEHS investigators speculate that changes in p53 lead to changes in inflammation and the ability to repair DNA damage.

Lupus is a chronic disease that causes the immune system to attack the body’s own tissues and organs, resulting in inflammation of the skin, joints, blood, and kidneys.