The Nation : Genetic Controls Eased
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President Reagan has signed an order easing strict government controls on the development of new organisms and giving several agencies responsibility for regulating different kinds of gene-splicing work, Administration officials said. Hundreds of plans have been filed for use of living cells that have been altered by changing their genetic makeup, but scientists have urged careful controls to avert catastrophes such as the development of viruses against which there is no defense.
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