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AT a meeting of the General Committee of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund held on December 4, the Duke of Bedford presiding, the thirty-third annual report of the Fund, dated 1934-35, was presented. A tribute was paid to Dr. J. A. Murray, who retired on October 1 after holding the directorship of the Fund since 1915, and who is succeeded by Dr. W. E. Gye. Dr. Gye in his report surveyed the scientific activities of the Fund since its inception, and referred to the work now in progress. The bearing of the researches upon tar cancers of mammals, and of the inalignant sarcoma of fowls, the virus of which is a filterable one, on problems of human cancer was discussed, and Prof. J. Mclntosh's experiments uppn tar cancers of the fowl were summarised. The last-named tumours can at first be transmitted only by transplantation of a portion of the growth, but after transmission by this method for a few generations, it appears possible to transmit them by means of cell-free filtrates, that is, the virus becomes a filterable one comparable to that of the fowl sarcoma. The honorary treasurer, Sir H. J. Waring, reported that the Fund had a surplus of £7,568 for the year, and that legacies, donations and subscriptions all showed an increase over 1934. At the same time the work is expanding, and expenses are likely to increase in the future, and he, therefore, made an appeal for additional contributions to the Fund. Dr. Gye, in summarising the present position of cancer research, said: “So far from there being any justification for pessimism, laboratory workers can all feel hopeful that the rapid progress now being made will lead to the solution of the primary problems of cancer”.
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The Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Nature 136, 945 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136945b0
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