Harold Weill, president of the Talisman Foundation of New York, announced here today research grants totalling $850,000 to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovoth to finance cancer studies. Last week Weill was made an honorary fellow of the Weizmann Institute in recognition of his aid in research aimed at eliminating leukemia, sickle cell anemia and Cooley’s Disease.
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