S-E-C-R-E--Tproblem of
this magnitude will
Independent
groups
like Rand.
require additional
A consultant
studtes by
group to advise
the Commisston's staff has recently been established to expedite
this work and
to ensure
perly considered.
that all phases
of
the
problem are
pro-
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ResearchActivitics
(UNCLASSIFIED )
1%.
Since July
and approved 78 new
1952
contracts
blology, and biophysics
laboratortes
two-thirds,
the Commission has
for research
in universities,
throughout the nation.
of the Commission's
The
research
renewed 240 projects
in cancer, medicine,
hospitals,
greater part,
the
private
about
in blology and medicine
is conducted at about a dozen ANC installations.
1s
and
Newest of these
58-bed Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, dedicated
March
in
1953.
15.
The Commission
supports a number of projects desipned
to study the effects of radiation on animals.
Data obtatned are
useful in determining the probable effects uf radiatton on
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16, Massivedosestudics{GONFEDENTIAL}.
radiation are
such
that
In
the absence
men and animals cdn exercise
The effects of
of other types
thelr normal
of
injury
faculties for some
pertod after receiving what constitutes many times a lethal dose.
Because of implications for both offenstve and defensive tacttcs,
the Atr Force 1s espectally interested in determining how long
and
to what extent men
could retatn thelr normal abilities after
receiving a massive dose
from atomic
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projectiles at altitudes
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woe tet
humans.
,