The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research: A Shared National Resource Access the Audio-Described version of "The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research: A Shared National Resource" video. The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research: A Shared National Resource Learn about National Cancer Institute’s Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR), which is the only Federally Funded Research and Development Center devoted exclusively to biomedical research. FNLCR operates in the public interest as a shared national resource, collaborating with public and private partners to speed delivery of lifesaving therapies and prevention agents and conducts research on long-standing intractable cancers and other disease areas.