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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Aug. 28, 2001

Contacts: Michael E. Newman
(NIST)
(301) 975-3025
michael.newman@nist.gov

Jennifer Michalowski
(NCI)
at (301) 496-6641 or
michaloj@mail.nih.gov

MA 2001-10

Media Advisory
Joint NIST-NCI Workshop to Explore Use
of Small-Scale Science to Reveal Cancers

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute invite reporters to learn how the smallest of technological soldiers are being enlisted in the fight against one of the world's biggest health problems, cancer.

Research projects to be discussed at the "Nanotechnology in Early Detection of Cancer Workshop" include:

using lasers to stretch cells to differentiate between the stiff cytoskeletons of normal cells and the softer structures of malignant cells;

detecting a single molecule using an engineered membrane pore;

precise detection of tiny DNA segments with nanoparticle probes that may eliminate the need for PCR reproduction of the genetic material;

minuscule devices for the detection of submicroscopic and molecular precancerous lesions; and

new tools to determine cancer risk at the molecular level.

For more information, visit the workshop web site at http://www.nanotechnology2001.com/.

Date:
Thursday, Aug. 30 and Friday, Aug 31, 2001

Time:
Aug. 30 8:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Aug. 31 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon

Place:
NIST, 100 Bureau Dr., Green Auditorium, Administration Bldg. (Bldg. 101), Gaithersburg, Md.

Directions:
From points south, take I-270 North to Exit 10, make a left into NIST at the first traffic light (Bureau Dr.) and turn left after the guard house at the T intersection. Follow the road around to the visitor parking lot directly across from the Administration Building. Enter the lobby and make an immediate left. The Green Auditorium is at the end of the hallway.

From points north, take I-270 South to Exit 11 (Rt. 124, Quince Orchard). Exit under railroad tracks and turn left at second traffic light (Clopper Rd.). Turn right into NIST at the first traffic light (Bureau Dr.). Pass the guard house and follow same directions as above.

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