NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "DOUBLE NEGATIVE, CD4-CD8 T

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001084 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE PASS TO DHHS/NIH/FIC FOR KEVIN BIALY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO KSCA OSCI BR SUBJECT: NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "DOUBLE NEGATIVE, CD4-CD8 T CELLS IN HUMAN LEISHMANIASIS" REF: STATE 78667 ¶1. On May 23, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Double Negative, CD4-CD8 T Cells in Human Leishmaniasis," or NIAID International Research in Infectious Diseases (IRID) R03, (number AI06625201A1). The site covered in this project is under the direction of Dr. Kenneth J. Gollob, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ¶2. The Embassy sees no adverse foreign policy implications with respect to this research project. We emphasize the importance of complying with Brazilian laws on the export of data and biological material. ¶3. We are providing this assessment of foreign policy implications in advance of receiving approval from the Brazilian Government for the proposed research to go forward, in order to assist NIH in completing the domestic review process. Upon receipt of Brazilian approval, the Embassy will notify NIH by cable. CHICOLA