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Information about cancer in adolescents and young adults, including treatment, follow-up care, coping, and related research.

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 samples will be used to determine if new tests are sufficiently valid and precise to be used in research studies and for quality control purposes.

Asthma patients seem to be more prone to viral infections, and NIEHS scientists believe that the cells that line these patients' airways, cause this result by overproducing TGF-beta1, a protein that promotes viral growth. This study seeks participants with and without asthma to contribute airway cell samples.

A study is being conducted for individuals with the autoimmune disease polymyositis or dermatomyositis. The goal of this research study is to better understand the environmental risk factors that may result in these diseases.

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

If you are a man or woman, 18-55 years old, living in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, and smoke cigarettes or use an electronic nicotine delivery system (e-cigarette), please join an important study on smokers being conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

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.

Gayathri S. Kumar, MD1,2, Liping Pan, MD2, Sohyun Park, PhD2, Seung Hee Lee-Kwan, PhD1,2, Stephen Onufrak, PhD2, Heidi M. Blanck, PhD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Jared B. Fox, PhD1, Frederic E. Shaw, MD, JD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

We assessed the independent effects of socioeconomic status, sex, adiposity, and physical activity on C-reactive protein in young adults.