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<p>NEI scientists are part of the <a href="https://irp.nih.gov/">National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program (IRP)</a>. With 1,200 Principal Investigators and more than 4,000 Postdoctoral Fellows conducting basic, translational, and clinical research, the IRP is the largest biomedical research institution in the world. <a href="https://www.nei.nih.gov/research/research-labs-and-branches/we-are-nei-intramural">We are NEI Intramural</a>.</p>
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<p>NEI runs clinical studies related to ocular health at the NIH Clinical Center.</p><ul><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/office-clinical-director">Office of the Clinical Director</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/division-epidemiology-and-clinical-applications">Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/division-epidemiology-and-clinical-applications/unit-clinical-investigation-retinal-disease">Unit on Clinical Investigation of Retinal Disease</a></li></ul>
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Laboratory of Immunology
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<p>Research groups within the Laboratory of Immunology study ocular immunity, the microbiome of the eye, and how the immune system can be harnessed to improve eye health.</p><ul><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-immunology/clinical-and-translational-immunology-unit">Clinical and Translational Immunology Section</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-immunology/experimental-immunology-section">Experimental Immunology Section</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-immunology/immunoregulation-section">Immunoregulation Section</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-immunology/molecular-immunology-section">Molecular Immunology Section</a></li></ul>
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<p>Research within the Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology focuses on the basic biological mechanisms of vision, including molecular and cellular pathways within the eye.</p><ul><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-retinal-cell-and-molecular-biology/molecular-mechanisms-section">Molecular Mechanisms Section</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-retinal-cell-and-molecular-biology/protein-structure-and-function">Section on Protein Structure and Function</a></li><li><a href="/research/research-labs-and-branches/laboratory-retinal-cell-and-molecular-biology/retinal-ganglion-cell-biology">Section on Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology</a></li></ul>
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