The National Society for Medical Research (NSMR) was formed in 1945 by three physicians, Andrew C. Ivy, Ralph G. Carlson and George E. Wakerlin of

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Medical School. The organization was formed in response to increasing resistance of the use of animals in medical experimentation, including for

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. They were " founded to improve public understanding of the principals methods and needs of the biological services". NSMR merged in 1985 with the Association for Biomedical Research to become the

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. A collection of the Society's papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

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