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Separate abstracts were prepared on the 12 sections of this report. Abstracts covering 4 sections have previously appeared in NSA. A list is included of staff publications during the period covered by this report. (C.H.)

Progress in radiobiology and caneer research is reported. Topics covered include: comparison of the effects of isologous, homologous, and heterologous hematopoietic tissues on post-irradiation survival; survival of transfused blood in rats; erythropoietic response to erythropoietin; inhibition of erythropoiesis by estrogens; tryptophan metabolism; effect of daily exposure to l5-r gamma radiation on susceptibility of mice to experinrental infection; restorailon of serum bactericidal activity and prevention of its loss in x- irradiated mice; immunohistochemical study of Ehrlich ascites tumor; comparison of effects of I/sup 131/-induced hypothyroidism and L-triiodothyronine on irradiated hair roots in mice; modification of radiation responses of tissue by colchicine; production and use of I/sup 131/; localization of ocl evaluation of brain scanning system; thick target yield and excitation function for the reaction Rh/sup 103/(p,n)Pb/sup 103/; incorporation of C/sup 14/ and tritium precursors into brain; net synthesis of RNA with a microleial enzyme requiring DNA and four ribonueleoside triphosphates; snythesis of (P/sup 37/) uridine 5'- phosphate; and of 17- alpha -hydroxyprogesterone-4-C/sup 14/-l7 alpha -caproate by homogenates of rat liver and human placenta. (M.C.G.)

Research progress at Argonne Cancer Research Hospital is reported in 23 papers. Separate abstracts were prepared for 12 papers. Eleven papers were previously abstracted for NSA. (M.C.G.)

Separate abstracts were prepared for 9 sections of this report. Five sections were previously abstracted and appeared in NSA. (C.H.)

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Separate abstracts were prepared on 11 sections of this report. A list is included of staff publications during the period. (C.H.)

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Progress is reported in the following studies: carbohydrate metabolism in human erythrocytes; the development of a system of electron therapy employing a linear electron accelerator and an electromagnetic beann deflector; the capacity of progesterone to inhibit the sodium-retaining influence of aldosterone and desoxycorticosterone; use of tritium-labeled cholesterol in measuring the lability of cholesterol in human atherosclerotic plaques; the capacity of a number of steroid hormone metabelites to provoke fever in man; the failure of human placental tissue homogenates to convent progesterone to estrogens; and tracer studies on enzyme requirements for the incorporation of cytidine triphosphate into ribonucleic acid in a mammalian system. (L.H.)