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Biology
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Advisory Committee for Blology and Medicine
The Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine held its
third meeting at the AEC in Washington, D. C., on September 8 agd 9,
1950. On Friday, September 8, a visit was made to the AEC Projéct at
the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland, fo
purpose of viewing methods and uses for radioisotopes in problems
lating to soil and fertilizers.
In comection with the review of the budget, a full disd ussion
Was
held of the over-all research program for the Division of Biolg gy and ~
Medicine. It was the sense of the Committee that there be no qurtailment
of the research program and thet within our program universal d@mphasis
be placed on the acquisition of fimdamental knowledge.
Dr. George A. Hardie, of the Medical Branch, and.Mr. Jopn VY.
Lennon, of the Division of Finance, reported on their visit taf the Atomic
Bomb Casualty Commission in Japan. Dr. Hardie's report has been made
available to the Commission and to the Division of Medical Scilences of
the National Research Commcil. Copies are on file in the Divilsion of
Biology and Medicine.
The Committee studied the problems emanating from the
and made specific recommendations as to the research program
been forwarded to the Chairman of the AEC.
discussions
pPhich have
Biology
Radiation damage in plants.
The Phytoradiclogy group
fat Argonne
National Labaratory was initiated as a project to study the dffects of
radiation on higher plants.
One of the major controlling fadtors of
plant growth. and development is the growth hormones.
Plant
growth hor-
mones are commonly known as auxins, on the basis of their refulatory
function of growth; They possess other important properties but their
function on growth, that is, irreversible increase in size of volume, is
definitive.
Acting in minute concentrations (physiological mount being
sometimes as little as a millionth of a millionth of a gram),
they provide
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