[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20941]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meetings

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
meetings of the following Heart, Lung, and Blood Special Emphasis 
Panels.
    These meetings will be open to the public to provide concept review 
of proposed contract or grant solicitations.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
inform the Contract Persons listed below in advance of the meetings.

    Name of Panel: New Therapies for Thalassemia.
    Dates of Meeting: September 16, 1996.
    Time of Meeting: 10:00 a.m.
    Place of Meeting: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge 
Building II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 10158, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892.
    Agenda: To develop strategies for implementing clinically-
related recommendations from the NHLBI Report on ``Cooley's Anemia: 
Progress in Biology and Medicine--1995'' as a future initiative.
    Contact Person: Alan S. Levine, NHLBI/DBDR, Two Rockledge 
Center, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rm. 10158, MSC 7950, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, (301) 435-0050.

    Name of Panel: Bone Marrow Transportation in Sickle Cell Anemia.
    Dates of Meeting: September 24, 1996.
    Time of Meeting: 10:00 a.m.
    Place of Meeting: Natcher Building, LL-Room J, 45 Center Drive, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
    Agenda: To review current progress and identify future research 
initiatives in the use of bone marrow transplantation for the 
treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia.
    Contact Person: Helena Mishoe, NHLBI/DBDR, Two Rockledge Center, 
6701 Rockledge Drive, Rm. 10156, MSC 7950, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301) 435-0050.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs Nos. 93.837, Heart 
and Vascular Diseases Research; 93.838, Lung Diseases Research; and 
93.839, Blood Diseases and Resources Research, National Institutes 
of Health)

    Dated: August 9, 1996.
Susan K. Feldman,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-20941 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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