▁" Fre der ick ▁Can cer ▁Research ▁Center ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁it ▁was ▁formally ▁designated ▁" Fre der ick ▁National ▁Labor atory ▁for ▁Can cer ▁Research ", ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁U . S . ▁national ▁labor atory ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Health ▁and ▁Human ▁Services ▁and ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁exclus ively ▁dedicated ▁to ▁bi omed ical ▁research . ▁( H HS ▁has ▁since ▁also ▁established ▁the ▁C MS ▁Alliance ▁to ▁Modern ize ▁Health care ▁in ▁co operation ▁with ▁the ▁Cent ers ▁for ▁Medic are ▁and ▁Med ica id ▁Services .) ▁The ▁transition ▁to ▁red es ign ate ▁F NL CR ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁labor atory ▁was ▁spe ar head ed ▁by ▁then - N CI ▁director ▁Harold ▁V arm us . ▁ ▁Current ▁operations ▁F NL CR ▁currently ▁oper ates ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁research ▁programs ▁and ▁facilities ▁designed ▁to ▁support ▁National ▁Instit utes ▁of ▁Health ▁research ▁goals . ▁F NL CR ▁contains ▁two ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁manufact uring ▁facilities ▁to ▁support ▁clin ical ▁tri als ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Can cer ▁Institute ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Institute ▁of ▁All er gy ▁and ▁In fect ious ▁D ise ases ; ▁man ages ▁a ▁large ▁collection ▁of ▁research ▁samples , ▁bi ological ▁spec im ens , ▁and ▁mouse ▁models ▁used ▁in ▁cancer ▁research ; ▁and ▁hosts ▁specific ▁research ▁projects ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁R AS ▁In iti ative , ▁aim ed ▁at ▁studying ▁the ▁bi ology ▁of ▁common ▁on c ogen es ▁in ▁the ▁Ras ▁sub family , ▁and