Telebriefing: NIH Final Stem Cell Guidelines Announcement

What:
NIH will announce its final guidelines for Federal funding of embryonic stem
cell research.

Who:
Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., Acting NIH Director

When:
Monday, July 6, 1 p.m. ET

How:
Reporters should call 1-866-719-0110 and enter passcode 4370316.

For those unable to participate, the briefing will be available on replay from
6 p.m. ET on 7/6/09 until 11:59 p.m. ET on 7/7/09 ET. To listen to the replay,
call 1-888-203-1112 and enter passcode 4370316.

The National Institutes of Health -- 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 about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

NIH News Media Branch
(301) 496-5787

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- July 6/

SOURCE National Institutes of Health