As an Institute within NIH, NIDDK conducts and supports research on many of the most common, costly, and chronic conditions to improve health.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts, supports, and coordinates research on many of the most serious diseases and conditions affecting public health.

Watch a video of NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers explaining the importance of participating in clinical trials Research Discoveries & News Genomic variants that increase risk of kidney disease are found in nearly one-third of West Africans

Diabetes affects over 38 million people in the United States. Learn how you can take steps to prevent or manage this disease with information from NIDDK.

Discover NIDDK-supported information for improving public health, including topics about diabetes, kidney disease, digestive diseases, and more.

NIDDK conducts and supports innovative and pivotal basic, clinical, and translational research while fostering research training and mentoring opportunities to create new knowledge and improve health.

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Clearly, at all levels of the NIDDK organization, we will continue to pursue the most compelling research to combat the many debilitating and costly chronic diseases within our mission: diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, liver and other digestive diseases, nutritional disorders, obesity, kidney and urologic diseases, and ...

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