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A -- OBESITY, DIABETES AND AGING ANIMAL RESOURCE SOL NIH-AG-99-02 POC Contracting Officer, Silver C. Jones, (301) 496-4487 The National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, intends to negotiate a five year contract with the University of Maryland, School of Medicine to continue the characterization and maintenance of a unique colony of rhesus monkeys. The University of Maryland, School of Medicine shall continue the longitudinal analysis and characterization of animals during the progression from a normal to a diabetic state as well as the distribution of body fluids and tissues to investigators. Statutory authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 ( c ) (1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. The cited authority is applicable because of the uniqueness of the colony. See Numbered Note 22.***** Posted 08/13/98 (W-SN236469). (0225)

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