Institut Curie

The Curie Institute is a private non-profit foundation operating a research center on biophysics, cell biology and oncology and a hospital specialized in treatment of cancer. It is located in Paris, France.

It was founded by Marie Curie and Claudius Regaud and recognized of public usefulness in 1921. The institute now operates several research units in cooperation with national research institutions CNRS and INSERM. It also runs the Hôpital Claudius Régaud, a cancer treatment hospital.

The Institute also operates the proton therapy center at Orsay, one of the few such facilities in the world.

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