Summary: <p>The National Institutes of Health is joining forces with private industry to find better treatments for some of our most intractable diseases. This unusual team effort will target Alzheimer's, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Another research partnership was also announced last week. Two U.S. foundations and one Canadian said they will offer joint research grants to examine the similarities between Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Diane talks with the director of the NIH, Dr. Francis Collins, about the promise of collaboration to fight disease.</p>
