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THE International Union against Cancer, of which the headquarters is in Paris, has awarded a prize for scientific work on cancer to Profs. E. L. Kennaway and J. W. Cook of the Research Institute of the Royal Cancer Hospital (Free), Fulham Road, London. The prize, which is the gift of the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, the well-known Belgian firm engaged in the production of various metals including radium, consists of 50,000 francs together with 50 milligrams of radium for use in research work. The presentation was made last week in Brussels during the Second International Congress on Cancer by Dr. Jacques Bandaline, the director of the Bureau of the International Union against Cancer, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Belgium and numerous delegates to the Congress. Mr. Cecil Rowntree, senior surgeon to the Royal Cancer Hospital, and a representative of Great Britain on the International Union, read a telegram of congratulation from the Earl of Granard, the president of the Hospital. Prof. Cook, in expressing thanks for the award, paid a tribute to the essential part played in the development of the research, by four colleagues, Drs. Mayneord, Hieger, Hewett and Haslewood. Prof. Kennaway was educated at University College, London, New College, Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital. He is professor of experimental pathology in the University of London and director of the Research Institute of the Royal Cancer Hospital (Free), London, and is author of several papers on biological chemistry and cancer. Prof. Cook, who was educated at University College, London, is research chemist at the Royal Cancer Hospital, and is professor of chemistry in the University of London. He is also an honorary secretary of the Chemical Society. He has written numerous papers on organic chemistry, particularly in relation to cancer.
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Awards for Cancer Research. Nature 138, 579 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138579a0
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