[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26266-26267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11169]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS); and Office of Research on 
Women's Health (ORWH), Office of the Director (OD), NIH

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTION: Notice of Open Conference.

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    Notice is hereby given that the NIH, an agency of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Lupus Foundation 
of America, Washington, DC, will hold a scientific conference.
    Title: ``Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: From Mouse Models to Human 
Disease and Treatment.''
    Dates: September 2-3, 2010.
    Location: Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A, NIH, Bethesda, 
Maryland.

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Purpose of the Meeting

    This meeting will bring basic research scientists working on models 
of autoimmune disease relevant to lupus together with clinicians 
treating lupus patients. There are numerous mouse models of lupus, but 
their relevance to the actual disease is still a subject for debate. 
Thus it is the purpose of this meeting to have participants discuss 
similarities, as well as differences, in mouse models with respect to 
the disease with the clinicians who actually treat patients. In 
addition, input is encouraged from clinical attendees regarding what 
markers in an animal model would be most important for monitoring the 
disease and assessing the effectiveness of treatment. It is hoped that 
one consequence of this meeting might be some consensus as to what is 
most important in any animal model and what animal models might be most 
useful in developing new markers and treatments for the disease. For 
more information, including the agenda and registration for this 
conference, please see http://web.ncifcrf.gov/events/SystemicLupus/default.asp.
    Contacts:
    Howard Young: Senior Investigator, NCI, NIH; 301-846-5700; 
[email protected].
    Silvia Bolland: Senior Investigator, NIAID, NIH; 301-443-3158; 
[email protected].
    Juan Rivera: Senior Investigator, NIAMS, NIH; 301-496-7592; 
[email protected].
    Lisa Begg: Director of Research, ORWH, OD, NIH; 301-496-7853; 
[email protected].

    Dated: May 5, 2010.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-11169 Filed 5-10-10; 8:45 am]
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