Alternative Medicine

NIH Branch Awards Grants to Establish Two Specialized Cancer Research Centers

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 31st, 2000

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans to establish two specialized centers to conduct basic and clinical research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for cancer.

The announcement of research awards totaling some $8 million each, over a five-year period to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will bring the total of NCCAM-supported Centers studying the mechanisms underlying and the health effects of CAM therapies to 15.

NCCAM supports...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2000-10-31)

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