Farber was a close ally of Lasker in calling for a War on Cancer in the late 1960s, a controversial combination of funding increases for basic science, greater emphasis on applied research, and administrative changes designed to accelerate cancer research and "conquer" the disease within a matter of years.
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1 (53,996 Bytes)
Date:
1969-12-31 (December 31, 1969)
Creator:
Farber, Sidney
[Harvard Medical School. Children's Hospital]
Recipient:
Lasker, Mary
Source:
Original Repository: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers
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Courtesy of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
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