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properties of organisms should come from a larger body. He offered amendments to Dr. 
Fedoroff’s motion: additional information and characterization of organisms was required and 
animal classifications should be updated. 
Dr. Stephen Hughes made the motion that he wrote during the above discussion: 
"We feel it important that a broad committee be assembled to provide a document 
that includes relevant information on the biological properties of organisms that 
would provide guidance to the Institutional Biosafety Committees in the 
assignment to categories of biological and physical containment. We recommend 
that the National Research Council carry out this study in the workshop format. 
Dr. Fedoroff seconded the motion. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 opposed, and 1 abstention. 
The Working Group adjourned at 4:10 p.m. 
Respectfully submitted 
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, 
the foregoing Minutes and Attachments are accurate 
'Chair / 
Working Group on Revision of the NIH Guidelines 
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