MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING GANGER CENTER 
Dr. William J. Gartland, Jr. 
Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
Building 31 , Rm 4A52 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda , MD 20205 
Dear Dr. Gartland: 
The following comments are in response to your recent inquiry. It is the view 
of our Committee that the current NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant 
DNA Molecules are entirely appropriate. At the present time, there are no ex- 
periments in progress at this Center which are not exempt of the Guidelines. 
The IBC meets on a regular basis twice annually. At our April 1982 meeting 
the attached memo which summarized current Guidelines was prepared by the Com- 
mittee for distribution to the staff. Our Committee is a general biosafety 
committee for the Sloan-Kettering Institute. Day to day matters of concern 
which do not require special meetings of the full committee are handled by 
myself and the Biosafety Officer, Mr. Frank Pearce who is also vice-chairman 
of the IBC. 
At this time I would request a correction of your records by deleting the name 
of Dr. Oscar Pogo from the roster of our IBC. 
1275 YORK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 
February 3, 1983 
Sincerely yours 
Paul V. O'Donnell , Ph.D. 
Chai rman , 
Institutional Biosafety 
Committee 
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