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SUBJECT: Meeting ofthe Advisory committee for Biology and Nedicine The fourteenth meeting o f the Advisory Committee for Biology and Xedicine brill be held on February 12, 1949, at the Atomic Energy Invitation is cordially extc:;ctcd to attend this meeting. 1. Consideration ofthe Minutes ofthe meeting at Santa Fe Operations Office, Los A l m o s , New fdexico, on December 10 and 11, 1948. 2. Report on support of research. a. Proposals approved since December 10-11 meeting: Tissue Doses Cue t o Gamma and Beta Active Radioisotopes". Equipment and materials 4,000 "he Use of Radioactive Isotopes in studying Ilold bietabolism, with Emphasis on the & simi la tory 14echanisms
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and Senopoietic Native Rodents". $11,040 b. Proposals extended since December 11, 1948: Various Iiethods o f Increasing or Decreasing Resistance t o Ionizing Radiation i n Animals and IIan " , and IIA Search for More Effective Means o f IJIodifying Biological Resisto f Gases, Water and Electrolytes in the Human Body " , c. Proposals declined since December 11, 1948: Disease i n 4nimd.s Using Antigens tagged with k dio active Hacelstein - ltAn Explanatory Stuqv ofthe Toxicity and Antibotic Action o f Compounds, Farming Complexes with
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Civil Defense Plnnning ;/d .' 3 0 Coments ,and recopnendations from each menber w i l l be appreciated. Semiannual Report t o Congress - Dr. Warren Desire suggestions as t o content and enphasio i n an extensive report on biology and medicine i n connection with the next semiannual report to Congress. Report on effects of possible attacks on dEC installations and The AEC building in Washington and the Hanford Operations Office will be taken as examples. Present status of RW program, including summary o f Noyes Pule1 report of January 10 - Colonel J. Efnor 2 ;30 Atomic Casualty Comnission - Dr. Philip Owen 2 :3 d Report on cyclotron-induced cataracts and National Research Council conference relating to then - Dr.Philip Oven Report on IIedica1 Directors' Neeting, Rochester, January 12, 1949 - Present S tz tus of Particle Problem Suggastions and criticisms relative to present experimental approach will be requested, Plans f o r Eniwetok Eqeriments. Distribution of Radioactive I sotopes for Cancer Research Disposal o f Radioactive Wastes Report on seminar held Jpnwir~24 and 25, 1949, and report on research progran in bio io gic aspects - Dr. 6, H. Jensen
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79.A dv is ability of sponsoring a Journal o f Radiobiology - Dr. Bowers Xext meting - 3rookhaven o r Oak Sidgc- - April 8 and 9, 1949