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The 102nd meeting of the Advisory Committee f o r Biology and Medicine waa held a t HQS and W* Street offices on January 10 and 11, 1964. Tueatyseven s t a f f members from the Division of Biology and Medicine and other AEC Divisions attended the open sessiona, and Dr. Dunham called upon most of them t o present matters pertaining t o budget, various legal considerations, several current research projects, the present status of the Technical Analysis Branch program, civil defense, and a summarp of advance plans f o r the Division of Biology and Medicine. Once again the Commit tee was impressed'with the reported accomplishments of Mr. Hollister ' s group (TAB) in attacking the matter of analyzing and defining problems relating to the probable effects of atomic weapons. This type of advance planning should contribute much t o the efficiency of continuing research in this field. Confused relationships between AEC and NASA in matt4rs which involves radiobiology are a source of concern t o the Committee. It sppears t o us that improved communications through a single contact point at NASA rather than many could eliminate much confusion and lead t o meaningful cooperative effort in solving problems of radiation protection i n manned flight projects. contribute much by way of i t s accumulated factual data and i t s research capabilities to the biologic phases of NASA operations. The Division of Biology and Medicine could A report by a s t a f f member of the Division of Biology and Medicine on mendations led the Committee t o formulate their own thoughts on this subject. These thoughts, summarteed by Dr. Philip Cohen, are enclosed as an addendum to this letter. The Committee is i n agreement with the present direction of AEC licensing procedures as they relate to the medical use of radioactive isotopes. Further reports concerning the accomplishments of the Harbor Project and the future of AEC in civil defense are awaited with interest.
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The Cormnittee is pleased t o observe that research in the field of ecology is receiving the active support of the Division. The centrifuges designed and butlt as a joint venture (National Institutes of Health and DBM) excited the deep interest of our Cdt tee speeds up t o 100,000 rpmto produce gravitational forces as high as 1% million g ' s , was described by D r . Ray Bryan, of NUI. the study of viruses has benefited greatly through use of these c e n t r i - t o want and t o need t o obtain these instrumentsthe Committee urges AEC t o take all possible steps to make them generally available as soon as cooperative effort and afine accaqlishment for both agencies. Your earlier telephone requeet for advice as t o the desirability of adding a member with biological backg~oundt o the General Advisory Committee was discussed with the full Conanittee as promised, The Committee considered itto be unlikely that any one individual could authoritatively represent all of the biologic disciplines which comprise ACBM and that he would of neceesity report back for consultation and channel of communication. The Committee were agreed on the desirability of alerting GAC t o the ubiquitous biological aspects of atomic energy, but as a preferable alternative the Committee suggests that interlocking sessions of GAC and DBM be arranged by D r . Dunham f o r the consideration of major biological and medical matters of AEC interest. The performance of these instruments, capable of operating a t His work la Because workers in biological laboratories everywhere are certain This entire venture is a splendid example of effective This would probably prove t o be a cumbersome and inefficient