Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

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The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) describes itself as "a small research institute" that studies "biochemistry, diagnostic medicine, nutrition, preventive medicine and the molecular biology of aging." It is headed by Arthur B. Robinson, a scientist who has a long history of controversial entanglements with figures on the fringe of accepted research.^{[citation needed]} OISM also markets a home-schooling kit for "parents concerned about socialism in the public schools" and publishes books on how to survive nuclear war.

OISM was established by Robinson in 1980, after he fell out with his mentor Linus Pauling.

The OISM is located on a farm about 7 miles from the town of Cave Junction, Oregon (population 1,126).

The OISM is known mostly for the role it played in 1998 in circulating a deceptive "scientists' petition" on global warming in collaboration with Frederick Seitz, a retired former president of the National Academy of Sciences.