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Science 23 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5427, p. 519
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5427.519
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U.S.-CHINA TIES:
Biomedical Group Lobbies NIH

Eliot Marshall

LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS--Last week a delegation of scientists from the United States and China met with top officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, to discuss such ideas as high-tech methods of analyzing traditional Chinese herbal medicines, research on human genetic variation, a scheme to create a genetic knockout mouse production center in China, and AIDS vaccine trials. The ideas were developed at an extraordinary gathering here the previous weekend, where more than a score of Chinese researchers met U.S. counterparts, along with NIH head Harold Varmus, to discuss research plans, renew contacts with expatriates, and make new connections.

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