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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.)

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NIDDK

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports basic and applied research for a national program in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. It was established in 1948.