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, Research Projects Approved, during October
The following number of proposals were.‘approved by the ¥ esearch
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Biology
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131,432
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Advisory Committee for Biology.and Medicine
The ACBM held their 29th meeting -at the Las Vegas Test
October 29 -and 30, 1951.
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The Committee recommended that the
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gram in cancer research be vigorously pursued and continued,
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out that cancer is the specific industrial hazard of atomic en gy- They
also recommended that there be continued exploration of the Cor ission's
special facilities and of fissionable materials for possible further
application to cancer research, diagnosis, and therapy.
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
Dr. A. E. Brandt, Biometrician of the NYOOQ, is en route to Tokyo,
Japan, where for a period of 6 months he will review the statiggtical
procedures used by ABCC and the resuits of the examinations of Japanese
exposed to the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs.
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