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AIT has received the request of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for assessment of foreign policy implications of proposed research project NO. CA123628 entitled, "Pres2 Mutant of Hepatitis B Virus as Early Marker of Hepatocellular Carcinoma", involving an institution in Taiwan. AIT has no foreign policy concerns regarding proposed research project NO. CA123628.