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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
An agency of the Department of Human and Health Serves, its mission is the pursuit of knowledge about nature and behavior of living systems. It provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve health by conducting and supporting research: in the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases; in the processes of human growth and development; in the biological effects of environmental contaminants; in the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; in directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists.
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