Sub-series 1. Molecular Anatomy Program (MAN Program) Publications, 1963-1975

The Molecular Anatomy Program (MAN Program) was a joint National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) biological research project conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. Originally established as the Zonal Centrifuge Development Program in 1962, with Norman G. Anderson serving as Director, the initial aim of this program was to develop virus isolation techniques related to the study of human cancer and the relation of radiation to human disease, especially leukemia. Zonal centrifuges were to be developed and used for these research purposes.

Later renamed the Molecular Anatomy Program (MAN Program), this research program sought to identify the metabolic profiles and chemical characteristics of all cell components. Over the course of the program, new instruments were developed, which were later widely used at science and medical facilities throughout the United States. The best-known instruments developed under the MAN Program’s auspices were the K-II zonal centrifuge and the centrifugal fast analyzer (also known as the GeMSAEC fast analyzer), both of which were invented by Norman G. Anderson and introduced in 1969.

Arranged chronologically by date of publication, this sub-series contains publications generated by the MAN Program between 1963 and 1975, which were published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and collected by Norman G. Anderson. They provide extensive documentation of the MAN Program’s research activities, which were conducted under Anderson’s direction. Anderson himself contributed to a number of these publications.

Reports make up the bulk of the Molecular Anatomy Program (MAN Program) Publications. One conference publication, one planning document, and a single file containing publication lists are preserved here as well.