CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology 
N.Y.S. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
A Statutory College of the State University 
COLLEGE OF ARTS and SCIENCES 
WING HALL. ITHACA. NEW YORK 1-1853 
Division of Biological Sciences 
Dec. 20, 1979 
Dr. Donald Frederickson 
Director, National Institutes of Health 
Washington, DC. 
Dear Dr. Frederickson, 
I am writing to express my approval of the new revised recombinant 
DNA guidelines. In particular, I am strongly in favor of the proposed 
"E. Coli K-12/P1" recommendation. Given the wealth of information available 
that indicates an absence of the dangers envisioned by some critics 
of recombinant DNA research, it is now time to reduce some of the senseless 
bureaucratic hurdles resear chers must pass in order to get on with their work. 
Sincerely yours. 
Volker M. Vogt 
Asst. Prof, of Biochemistry, Cellular 
and Molecular Biology 
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