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A.I ]~J.ck3 82~.,,~19 ,.Tune 11, 19'1'9 .-" - }1_ MILLIO~ GRANT FOR CANCER RE3EARCH TO UCLA Continu~tion of. a research project probln~ new ~thods of. early detection and treatment of' cancer has ~een us~"ed vtth a $1,050,000 three-year reneval grant to the UCLA School of Medicine frc~ f.our tobacco Th~s ~rant brings the total eight-year commitment by the tobacco cc~panies to Companies supporting the project are Brosm L Wlllimon Tobacco Corpo- PtLllip Morris Ino0rporated, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co,any, and the United States Tobacco Cceq~any. ~ovel concepts of treatment, including ~one ~rrow transplants f.or aplas~ic anemia and leukemia patients are being studied. ~iev approaches to sictle cell anemia and other ~netic and ~alignant diseases are bein~ exsmined. Basic research in lun8 defense mechanisms and recombinant DNA are ~llo bein~ supported by the 'I'Ve @rant has been t~rmed "an i~portant development in biomedical research" by Dr. Martin Cline, Bo~er PTof.essor of. Medical Oncolosy and director of. the project at UCLA since the original Dive-year grant of $1,700,000 v~s made in 197~. "Support 01" the kind provided by the tobacco companies is critical in the erploratio~ of novel approaches to human disease," he I~id. "Our goal is the pursuit of a~curate scientific information, and this generous contribution adis lig~LtfiCantly tO the furtherance of that goal." The tobacco companies have lelected the UCLA School of Med/cine for support project ~e part of. their overall l~undin~ for Independent ~tudies because of. UCLA's strong research progre~ In host de[ense mechanLs~, hen~tolo~ and oncology. 6/T/79