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The technologies disclose RNA and 

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arms attached off the sides of the ring 

in which the arms could be siRNAs, 

RNA aptamers, fluorescent dyes, 

imaging agents and/or proteins in 

various combinations and use of singlestranded RNA toeholds of lengths of 12 

nucleotides or less contained in nucleic 

acid-based nanoparticles, such as the 

nanoring, which trigger the association 

of these nanoparticles and activates 

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552. 

Dated; December 11, 2018. 

Richard U. Rodriguez, 

Associate Director, Technology Transfer 

Center, National Cancer Institute. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke, Interagency Pain 

Research Coordinating Committee Call 

for Committee Membership 

Nominations 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) (Department) 

has created the Interagency Pain 

Research Coordinating Committee 

(IPRCC) and is seeking nominations for 

this committee. 

DATES: Nominations are due by 5 p.m. 

on January 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations must be 

submitted through the webform on the 

IPRCC website: https://iprcc.nih.gov/ 

About/Membership-AgencyRepresentation/Nomination-Form. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Porter at 301–451–4460 or email 

at porterl@ninds.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

specified in Public Law 111–148 

(‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act’’) and amended in H.R. 6, (‘‘Support 

for Patients and Communities Act’’) the 

Committee will: 

(A) Develop a summary of advances 

in pain care research supported or 

conducted by the Federal agencies 

relevant to the diagnosis, prevention, 

treatment, and management of pain and 

diseases and disorders associated with 

pain, including information on best 

practices for the utilization of nonpharmacologic treatments, nonaddictive medical products, and other 

drugs or devices approved or cleared by 

the Food and Drug Administration; 

(B) identify critical gaps in basic and 

clinical research on 

(i) the symptoms and causes of pain, 

including the identification of relevant 

biomarkers and screening models and 

the epidemiology of acute and chronic 

pain; 

(ii) the diagnosis, prevention, 

treatment, and management of acute and 

chronic pain, including with respect to 

non-pharmacologic treatments, nonaddictive medical products, and other 

drugs or devices approved or cleared by 

the Food and Drug Administration; and 

(iii) risk factors for, and early warning 

signs of, substance use disorders in 

populations with acute and chronic 

pain; 

(C) make recommendations to the 

Director of NIH 

(i) to ensure that the activities of the 

National Institutes of Health and other 

Federal agencies are free of unnecessary 

duplication of effort; 

(ii) on how best to disseminate 

information on pain care and 

epidemiological data related to acute 

and chronic pain; and 

(iii) on how to expand partnerships 

between public entities and private 

entities to expand collaborative, crosscutting research. 

Membership on the committee will 

include six (6) non-Federal members 

from among scientists, physicians, and 

other health professionals and six (6) 

non-Federal members of the general 

public who are representatives of 

leading research, advocacy, and service 

organizations for individuals with painrelated conditions. Members will serve 

overlapping three year terms. It is 

anticipated that the committee will meet 

at least once a year. 

The Department strives to ensure that 

the membership of HHS Federal 

advisory committees is fairly balanced 

in terms of points of view represented 

and the committee’s function. Every 

effort is made to ensure that the views 

of diverse ethnic and racial groups and 

people with disabilities are represented 

on HHS Federal advisory committees, 

and the Department therefore, 

encourages nominations of qualified 

candidates from these groups. The 

Department also encourages geographic 

diversity in the composition of the 

Committee. Appointment to this 

Committee shall be made without 

discrimination on the basis of age, race, 

ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, 

disability, and cultural, religious, or 

socioeconomic status. 

The Department is soliciting 

nominations for 5 non-federal members 

from among scientists, physicians, and 

other health professionals and for 3 nonfederal members of the general public 

who represent a leading research, 

advocacy, or service organization for 

people with pain-related conditions. 

These candidates will be considered to 

fill positions opened through 

completion of current member terms. 

Nominations are due by 5 p.m. on 

January 25, 2019, using the IPRCC 

nomination webform: https://

iprcc.nih.gov/About/MembershipAgency-Representation/NominationForm. 

Dated: December 11, 2018. 

Walter J. Koroshetz, 

Director, National Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of 

Health. 

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