National Foundation for Cancer Research
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The National Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1973 on the initiative of Albert Szent-Györgyi
and Franklin Salisbury as a non-profit organization
under U.S. tax code 501(c)(3). Over the past 30 years, NFCR has provided more than $200 million in support of discovery-oriented basic science cancer
research and cancer prevention. The National Foundation for Cancer Research is at Bethesda, Maryland
.
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle...
and Franklin Salisbury as a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
under U.S. tax code 501(c)(3). Over the past 30 years, NFCR has provided more than $200 million in support of discovery-oriented basic science cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
research and cancer prevention. The National Foundation for Cancer Research is at Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
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