Press Conference

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Human Genome Research Institute, EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE, Thursday, July 10, 1997, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Margo Warren, NINDS, Jeff Witherly, NHGRI, Nancy Creel, APMRF, Rockbridge Group

Sponsored by the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation (APMRF)

Announcing the identification of a gene for the fatal childhood cholesterol disorder, Niemann-Pick type C

The research report appears in the July 11 issue of the journal Science.

Thursday, July 10, 1997 1:00 p.m. Lisagor Room National Press Club 14 and F Streets, NW Washington, D.C.

Featuring research scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including: Zach W. Hall, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Peter G. Pentchev, Ph.D., of the Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch of NINDS; Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D., Scientific Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) William J. Pavan, Ph.D., of the NHGRI Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research