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Chairman, Department of Radiology University of Chicago Thank you for your letter of November 5, 1970, reporting the highlights of the 135th meeting of the Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine. Wc appreciate ycur corn cnt s 01: th2 Sic x cd ical pot cnt i al of ncgativc pions, particularly for cancer therapy, and your evaluation of the progress that has Seen made in establishing an advisory structure to concern itself vith biomedical aspects of the Los Alarnos Meson Physics Facility (TA4MPF) studies be completed in a timely fashion and regret that budget restraints have not permitted the progress that we would have liked to have seen. Fortunately, as you know, we were able to arrange for the construction of the initial portion of the facility. impact of not being able to obtain funds for the full facility at this time. Iam aware that the Division of Biology and Medicine places a high priority on this facility. This will atleast minimize the I n regard tothe proposed synchrotron ring at Berkeley, itis my understanding that Dr.Sp of ford English has been in contact with the National Aerozautics and Space Adninis t ratio ii regarding their needs for in for - mation on the biological effects of heavy particle radiation.Weare hopeful that some suitable mechanism can be found t o meet their needs as well as t o provide information that IJBM believes clearly falls within radio biological areas of interest to AEC. and conclusions of Dr.A.Stewart and collaborators.In view of your . determining the cause of the apparea from data obtained retrospectively and
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entered into correspondence with Dr.Stewart in the hope of securing more information about the statistical treatment used in her studies. The conclusions of the studies of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Cominission have now appeared i n the Lancet issue of Noveillber 14, 1970. The matter of adding ep idea io logical cornpctence tothe DBN staff is being held in abeyance until the new Environmental Protection Agency i s f unc t ion ing. The Co mission looks forward to receiving the report of your recent