Youth and Marketing
Biomedical Focus
Abstract
Biomedical focus. Discusses RJR medical research committee and research on degenerative diseases associated with RJR products. States intent to study lifestyles for immunological basis of disease. Outlines fellowship program for scientists under 35 funded to study lifestyle elements of nutrition, stress, obesity, alcoholism, etc., and there relation to disease.
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- Notes
Original document code was 1001.
- Company
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- Minor Subject
- Cancer -causation
- Health and Medical Research -diseases and conditions --cancer
- Health and Medical Research -diseases and conditions --cardiovascular disease ---heart disease
- Health and Medical Research -diseases and conditions --respiratory disease
- Product -liability
- Smoking and Health Controversy
- Tobacco Industry -research --industry sponsored
- Health and Medical Research -diseases and conditions --cancer
- Major Subject
- Health and Medical Research
- Tobacco Industry
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Biomedical Focus
The Contributions Committee of the Board of Directors of
R. J. Reynolds Industries, through its Medical Research
Committee, has as one of its goals to support selected areas of
highly innovative research at the fundamental/basic level in the
broad area of chronic degenerative diseases associated with
.Company products. The Medical Research Committee, in order to
~more appropriately utilize its limited funds, has focused its
~ attention on funding three broad areas related to this primary
~goal:~ fellowship support for bright, young scientists who are
working in frontier areas of basic biomedical sciences of
interest to Reynolds; basic research in areas related to selected
~llfe-style modes; and the immunological basis of chronic "
~d generative diseases. Specifically, the Committee plans to
.focus its attention on a fellowship program ~for young scientists
who ~currently have limited or no federal support (under the age~
of 35) with the added incentive to'develop the pool of physicia~--~-
scientists. Within~the rubric of llfe-style, programs of a
multl-disciplinary nature will be considered in areas such as
nutrition, stress, hypertension, obesity, alcoholism, and
life-style. The immunological program falls into those programs
that are multi-disciplinary in nature that deal with coronary
~eart disease, chronic lung disease, emphysema, and the genetics
~r cell biology of such diseases-including cancer.~:'':
immunology. The Committee reserves the r~ght to alter these
allocations as It deems appropriate.
