Yale University 
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
333 Cedar Street 
P. 0 . Box 3333 
Department of Human Genetics 
New Haven, Connecticut 06310 
September 22, 1980 
Dr. William Gartland, Jr. 
Chief, Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
National Institutes of Health 
bldg. 31, Rm. 4A-52 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205 
Dear Bill: 
This is to inform the R.A.C. that Yale's Institutional Biosafety 
Committee has voted unanimously to endorse Dr. Maxine Singer recom- 
mendation, as outlined in her letter to you of August 4, 1980. 
We feel strongly that safety is solely a function of the effective- 
ness of the local institutional practices, on the part of the P.I.'s and 
the I.B.C., in complying with and enforcing the Guidelines. The sub- 
mission of M.U.A.s adds nothing but expensive and time-consuming paper- 
work. 
Sincerely yours 
EAA:nd 
cc: Dr. Maxine Singer 
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