NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

This project was supported by the Department of Health and Human Services (Contract Nos. N01-OD-4-2139 and 223001003T), the American Diabetes Association, the American Society for Microbiology, Amgen Inc., the Association of American Medical Colleges, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, Celtic Therapeutics, LLLP, the Critical Path Institute, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Eli Lilly & Co., Entelos Inc., Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Pfizer Inc. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

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