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1 first of all, of ootaining information about the status and 
2 content of recombinant DNA guidelines in different nations, 
3 and secondly, analyzing, comparing and evaluating the 
4 provisions of the various national guidelines, and the 
5 premises on which these provisions are based . 
q At the end of (larch, 197U, at least 367 
7 Recombinant DNA projects were estimated to be underway in 
8 155 laboratories in 15 countries. Seventeen nations have 
9 drawn up guidelines for recombinant DNA experimentation 
10 and these were *n force i.n 13 nations. Five of the nations 
11 had prepared their own guidelines, whereas the rest had 
12 adopted or modified guidelines of the United States or 
13 the United Kingdom. 
14 Of the responding nations that had not drafted 
15 guidelines by the time of the response 13 intended to do 
16 so, while four indicated no intention to establish guide- 
17 lines. Sixteen recombinant DNA projects were indicated as 
18 being underway in nations where no guidelines existed. 
!9 The Working Group's analysis of the various 
20 national guidelines under the responses to their guestion- 
2 1 naires, has led to the following preliminary conclusions: 
22 First, during the past several years guidelines for 
23 the conduct of recombinant DNA experiments have neon 
24 prepared by a number of nations whose national scientific 
25 bodies are members of the International Council of 
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