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important reports on mental retardation of congenital or} gin. The National FoundationMarch of Dimes, now spearheading the fight against birth defects, has research grantees working in all these areas including five projects attacking the German measles problem.
The organization appropriated $4,000,000 for research in 1965. This included major support for The Salk Institute for Biological Studies at San Diego, where the first permanent laboratory buildings were completed in the fall and are now being outfitted.
During the year, the Founds tion’s Birth Defects Centers program continued to grow toward an eventual target total of 100. A year ago the network had 51 centers. Six more were established in July. The number of centers financed with March of Dimes funds will jump to 69 as of January 1, 1966. National Foundation chapters in 38 states awarded more than $1,000,000 in support of this center program in 1965.
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