[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14056]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) DNA 
Samples

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 
will not be receiving DNA proposals in the near future. NHANES is 
changing its plan for making DNA available for genetic research and its 
proposal guidelines. NHANES will announce when it will reopen its 
repository for use of DNA specimens for research protocols once it has 
developed its new plan of operation.

DATES: Effective date is date of publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Geraldine McQuillan, Ph.D., Division of Health and Nutrition 
Examination Surveys, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 4204, 
Hyattsville, MD 20782, Phone: 301-458-4371, Fax: 301-458-4028, EMail: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Geraldine McQuillan, Division of 
Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, National Center for Health 
Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo 
Road, Room 4204, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Phone: 301-458-4371, Fax: 301-
458-4028, E-Mail: [email protected].

Juliana Cyril,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Quality, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-14056 Filed 6-8-12; 8:45 am]
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