CASE WESTERN RESERVE UN IVERS ITY o CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106 January 7, 1969 Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg 7723 Old Chester Road Bethesda, Maryland 20034 Dear Dr. Nirenberg: As I was about to mail the enclosed material to Dr. Robert B. Livingston, the thought came that this philosophy might also hold some interest for you, since it seems to bring together much vital frontier work into a unification with nature. I will be honored if you, too, will read the article A PHILOSOPHY FOR SURVIVAL. If it helps in any small way to provi,de a philosophical base for your research I will be most happy that I sent it to you. Thank you for any interest this may arouse. Sincerely, ., m34 \ Q V. R. Damerell Assoc. Prof. Chemistry \ P.S. The basic theory in the enclosed article suggests that the human energy state, or more specifically the cell energy state, should play a role in the incidence and prevention of cancer* I am sure the NIH has gone into this. VRD Department of Chemistry