Umberto Saffiotti papers

Collection

Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2012-005

Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Testimonies, site visit reports, lab notes/data, pathology slides, reprints, LEP administrative records, LEP annual reports, conferences.

Dates

1960-2007

Extent

52.3 Linear Feet (43 boxes + slide trays)

Creator

Saffiotti, Umberto, 1928- (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Access Restrictions

Unprocessed collection. Access is restricted. See Reference Librarian for information regarding access.

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Biographical/Historical Note

From 1960 to 1968, Dr. Saffiotti conducted Carcinogenesis research in the Division of Oncology at the Chicago Medical School, where he became Professor of Oncology. Since 1968 he has been on the staff of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. As Associate Scientific Director for Carcinogenesis from 1968 to 1976, he directed the expanding research program on chemical and physical carcinogenesis and contributed to establishing criteria for the evaluation of carcinogens. As Chief of the Laboratory of Experimental Pathology since 1974, he has directed an intramural research program which has developed and investigated animal and cellular models chiefly for respiratory and multifactorial carcinogenesis, mechanisms of inhibition by vitamin A, and the role of growth factors in the culture and transformation of epithelial cells. In the last decade, he has studied mechanisms of lung carcinogenesis by crystalline silica as a model for fibrosis-associated peripheral lung adenocarcinoma, and molecular mechanisms controlling the biological activity of mineral dusts.

Collection Summary

Testimonies, site visit reports, lab notes/data, pathology slides, reprints, LEP administrative records, LEP annual reports, conferences.

Additional Description

Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Testimonies, site visit reports, lab notes/data, pathology slides, reprints, LEP administrative records, LEP annual reports, conferences.