PREFACE 
This document is the sixth in a series constituting a "public record" of 
activities in regard to the NIH Guidelines for recombinant DMA research. 
The first five volumes cover events from February 1975 through January 
1980. 
This sixth volume covers events from January 1980 through December 1980 
culminating in the revised "NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recom- 
binant ENA Molecules" as published in the Federal Register on November 21, 
1980. These appear first in this volume. 
The other volumes in this series may be purchased from the Superintendent 
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, 
or viewed in some 600 public libraries of the GPO depository system. The 
GPO stock number of Volume 1 is 017-040-00398-6; Volume 2, 017-040-00422-2 
and (supplement: Environmental Impact Statement) 017-040-00413-3; Volume 3, 
017-040-00429-0 and (appendices) 017-040-00430-3; Volume 4, 017-040-00443-5 
and (appendices) 017-040-00442-7; and Volume 5, 017-040-00470-2. 
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