National Multiple Sclerosis Society 
205 East 42nd Street 
New York, N.Y. 10017 
Tel. (212) 532-3060 
Daniel J. Haughton 
Chairman 
Palmer Brown 
President 
Charles W. V. Meares 
Senior Vice President 
Thacher Longstreth 
Vice President 
William D. Seybold, M.D. 
Vice President 
Norman Cohn 
Vice President 
Mrs. Frederic E. Camp 
Vice President 
Hollis Harris 
Vice President 
R. Parker Sullivan 
Vice President 
John F. McGillicuddy 
Treasurer 
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach 
Secretary 
Sylvia Lawry 
Executive Director 
November 23, 1976 
Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
Di rector 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson: 
Thank you for your letter of November 17, 1976 to Miss Sylvia Lawry, 
which has been referred to me for reply. 
The Society has not supported or conducted any research on recombinant 
DNA. Since our programs of grants for research and research training 
are focused on research that is directly related to multiple sclerosis, 
it seems unlikely that we would be asked to support research involving 
recombinant DNA in the foreseeable future. 
I am not prepared to comment on the functions outlined in the Summary 
of Minutes enclosed with your letter, since I have not yet seen the 
NIH guidelines on this subject. I would appreciate receiving a copy 
of the guidelines from your office. 
S incerely, 
William E. Reynolds, M.D. 
Deputy Di rector of 
Research Programs 
WER:jf 
cc: Miss Sylvia Lawry 
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