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> * Four New NIH Nanomedicine Development Centers (NDCs) Announced - On

> October 27, the HHS National Institutes of Health issued a news release,

> titled " NIH Completes Formation of National Network of Namomedicine

> Centers” which states in part the " ... final four NDCs were funded this

> year. NIH funded four NDCs last year ... The final four NDCs are located

> at: Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta; Purdue University in

> Lafayette, Indiana; University of California at Los Angeles; [and]

> University of California Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ... The

> four NDCs funded last year are located at ... Baylor College of Medicine

> in Houston; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of

> California at San Francisco; [and] Columbia University, New York

> Morningside ... [The] NDCs are staffed by multidisciplinary scientific

> teams, including biologists, physicians, chemists, physicists,

> mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists. In addition to

> conducting research into the physical properties of structures inside

> cells to determine how biology's molecular machines are built, these

> teams will begin training the next generation of students in this

> emerging field of medical science. The Nanomedicine Initiative applies an

> engineering approach to the study of cellular and subcellular systems in

> an effort not only to understand, but to precisely control molecular

> complexes that operate at the nanoscale. This will allow for development

> of new technologies to prevent or cure disease and to repair damaged

> tissue ... " - The complete text of the news release is posted at

> http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/nei-27.htm - Information about the NIH

> NDC program is posted at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/nanomedicine/index.asp

> - Information about the NIH Roadmap is posted at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov

>

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> http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/nei-27.htm

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> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:08:09 -0400

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> Subject: NIH COMPLETES FORMATION OF NATIONAL NETWORK OF NANOMEDICINE

> CENTERS

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> National Eye Institute (NEI)

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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, October 27, 2006

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> CONTACT: National Eye Institute,

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> NIH News Advisory

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> NIH COMPLETES FORMATION OF NATIONAL NETWORK OF NANOMEDICINE CENTERS

>

> WHAT: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has completed its

> national network of eight Nanomedicine Development Centers (NDCs).

>

> WHY: To announce to the scientific community the completion of the

> national network of NDCs.

>

> WHEN: The final four NDCs were funded this year. NIH funded four NDCs

> last year.

>

> WHERE: The final four NDCs are located at:

>

> -- Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta

> -- Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana

> -- University of California at Los Angeles

> -- University of California Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

>

> The four NDCs funded last year are located at:

>

> -- Baylor College of Medicine in Houston

> -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

> -- University of California at San Francisco

> -- Columbia University, New York Morningside

>

> MORE INFORMATION: NDCs are staffed by multidisciplinary scientific

> teams, including biologists, physicians, chemists, physicists,

> mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists. In addition to

> conducting research into the physical properties of structures inside

> cells to determine how biology's molecular machines are built, these

> teams will begin training the next generation of students in this

> emerging field of medical science. The Nanomedicine Initiative applies an

> engineering approach to the study of cellular and subcellular systems in

> an effort not only to understand, but to precisely control molecular

> complexes that operate at the nanoscale. This will allow for development

> of new technologies to prevent or cure disease and to repair damaged

> tissue.

>

> The Nanomedicine Initiative, part of NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research,

> is led by A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Eye

> Institute (NEI), Jeffery Schloss, Ph.D., program director, Technology

> Development, National Human Genome Research Institute, and S.

> Fisher, Ph.D., program director, Corneal Diseases at NEI, in

> collaboration with a program team representing institutes and centers

> across the NIH. " Future progress in medicine will depend on our

> understanding and modulating the complexity of biological systems, " said

> Dr. Sieving. " The NIH Roadmap, including the Nanomedicine Initiative,

> will advance our knowledge of biological systems. This will provide the

> scientific foundation for new strategies for diagnosing, treating, and

> preventing disease. "

>

> For further information on this program, visit: <

> http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/nanomedicine/index.asp>

>

> The NIH Roadmap for Medical Research is a series of far-reaching

> initiatives designed to transform the Nation's medical research

> capabilities and speed the movement of scientific discoveries from the

> bench to the bedside. It provides a framework of the priorities the NIH

> must address in order to optimize its entire research portfolio and lays

> out a vision for a more efficient and productive system of medical

> research. Additional information about the NIH Roadmap can be found at <

> http://nihroadmap.nih.gov>.

>

> The National Eye Institute (NEI) is part of the National Institutes of

> Health (NIH) and is the Federal government's lead agency for vision

> research that leads to sight-saving treatments and plays a key role in

> reducing visual impairment and blindness. For more information, visit the

> NEI Website at < http://www.nei.nih.gov/>.

>

> The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research

> Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the

> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal

> agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational

> medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures

> for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its

> programs, visit <www.nih.gov >.

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> This NIH News Release is available online at:

> http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/nei-27.htm