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ADVISORY COWTITTEE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE UNITED STATES ATOMIC EhZRGY COMMISSION United States Atomic Energy Corniselon Dear Doctor Seaborg: Russell and Sterner, as well as the scientific secretary, Advisory Committee f o r Biology and Medicine which took place a t Erookhaven National Laboratory, May 7-9 inclusive, 1964. Also in attend en ce were several members of the Division of Biology and Medicine staff headed by D r . Dunham, The committee was honored by the presence of Dr. Mary Bunting, newly appointed comiiissione.r, who participated actively in the committee's activities for the first two days, The committee finds it gratifying to have the biological sciences represented by Dr. Bunting on the Commission and by D r , Bugher on GAC. Committee members Bale, Cohen, Green, Hodges, Moore, Paralleling the construction of the new building for botanical research at BNL, the research activities already launched in this branch of the laboratory were found t o be Impressive and promising. The committee was very favorably impressed with the Ecology Forest project,its depth i n plan and the achievements t o date. The extent to which corollary research problsms are developing and are being at ts cke d is most gratifying. The general quality of work inthe medical branch, utilizing the splendid facilities which have been provided, The facility for large animal research is very well appointed and seems t o be ef fic lent lg managed. Ingenious and promising experimentation, utilizing the particular aavaatages of this fsci3.:'.'iyJ are well along i n progress. The conhnittea i s happy tosee Lhat another major facility, not to be found at other national laboratories, the special se actor designed for medical purpcses, is being used i n gratifying fashion by Dr. BonZ and his staff members. I n keeping with suggestions made atthe Washington conference on neutron capture therapy 80x9 months ago, tangible progress is being nade in directions other than therapeutic trials on human cal?cer patients with promising results to date. The committee wa8 briefed by Dr. Dunham on numerous matters of interest and was pleased to learn that there has been congressional appzoval of the Livermore Project in somewhat reduced amount; that the Bureau of Budget had approved the civil defense institute at Oak Ridge, and that the joint program on co-carcinogenesis a t Oak Ridge had been arranged
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I n considering the recommendation that it would be desirable to appoint women and negroes where appropriate, ACBM is polling its membership by mail In the hope of finding a suitable candidate in the field of biostatistics. As usual,In being permltted to visit one ofthe been greatly privileged to broaden their appreciation of the broad extent and generally fine quality of the research which the commission i s supporting.