Article: NIH Director Francis Collins to Address 3,000 Cystic Fibrosis Experts at International Conference in Minneapolis

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Historic Time in Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis as Promising Drugs Reach Phase 3 Trials

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the new NIH director who led an international effort to map the human genome and co-discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, will address more than 3,000 leading scientists and clinicians from around the world at the 23rd annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC).

Held in Minneapolis from Oct. 15-17, 2009, the conference comes at a pivotal point in the ...

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