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On Oct. 19, 1971, President Nixon founded the Frederick Cancer Research Facility as a way of demonstrating his commitment to eliminate the US offensive biological warfare program and to furthering his “War on Cancer”. The following June, approximately 70 acres and 67 buildings were transferred to the National Institutes of Health. Since that time, almost every building has been renovated to accommodate new technologies and many several laboratories have been constructed. Five National Cancer Institute programs are based here, including the NCI AIDS Vaccine Research Program and its Supercomputer Program. Other Institutes have laboratories on campus, and the Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, NCI-FCRDC (as it is now known) provides technical support to other NIH laboratories, government agencies and grantees worldwide. [1]
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Robertson, G.A. (1998). Development of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing at Fort Detrick, Maryland. In: Geissler, E., Gazsó, L., Buder, E. (eds) Conversion of Former BTW Facilities. NATO Science Series, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5306-5_8
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