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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Friends of NSM Distinguished Lecture Series - Science Impacting Health and Society<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Dr. Bruce Spiegelman will present “Toward a New Generation of Therapies for Diabetes, Obesity and Muscular Disease.” The program is Wednesday, April 25, from 7-8 pm in the Waldorf Astoria Room of the Hilton University of Houston Hotel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Dr. Spiegelman is a professor of cell biology and medicine at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. He will discuss his research team’s recent discovery of a novel hormone secreted <a name="_GoBack"></a>from muscle cells that triggers some of the key health benefits of exercise. The protein, given the name irisin, is a promising candidate for development as a novel treatment for diabetes, obesity and perhaps other disorders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>For more information on the lecture, visit the speaker series website, <a href="http://www.friends.nsm.uh.edu">www.friends.nsm.uh.edu</a>, or contact <a href="mailto:friends@nsm.uh.edu">friends@nsm.uh.edu</a> or 713-743-2611.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>For Facebook: If you post a link using our URL (<a href="http://www.friends.nsm.uh.edu">www.friends.nsm.uh.edu</a>) on your FB page, it will pull of the program logo and April 25 information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Kathy Major<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Executive Director of Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>University of Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#C00000'>A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt'>713-743-4023 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="www.nsm.uh.edu"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.nsm.uh.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="www.facebook.com/uhnsm">www.facebook.com/uhnsm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>