Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
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The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located about seven miles from Cave Junction, Oregon. It describes itself as "a small research institute" that studies "biochemistry, diagnostic medicine, nutrition, preventive medicine and the molecular biology of aging."
OISM lists six "faculty members,"[1] but does not enroll students or teach courses.
The institute is headed by Dr. Arthur B. Robinson, who received the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technogy. Robinson established OISM in 1980 after he fell out with his mentor Linus Pauling.[2] Other listed faculty are biochemist Martin D. Kamen (died in 2002), Nobel prize-winning chemist R. Bruce Merrifield (died in 2006), Salk Institute biochemist Fred Westall, electrical engineer Carl Boehme, physician Jane Orient, chemist Noah E. Robinson, and veterinarian Zachary W. Robinson.[1]
The OISM circulated the Oregon Petition, a "scientists' petition" on global warming, in collaboration with the late Frederick Seitz, former president of the National Academy of Sciences.
OISM markets a home-schooling kit for parents who are concerned about how "American schools have degraded severely."[3] Another OISM project is Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. The Institute publishes the book "Nuclear War Survival Skills," by Cresson Kearny, describing how to survive nuclear war.[4] , and also in 1986 published Fighting Chance by Gary North and Arthur Robinson, advocating a revival of the federal government civil defense program.
The Institute does not accept government funding.[citation needed]
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Coordinates: 42°05′40″N 123°34′44″W / 42.094497°N 123.578972°W
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