Word: nih
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...National Institutes of Health (NIH) informed Medical School officials Wednesday it is withholding a Harvard professor's funds for recombinant DNA research because he failed to obtain NIH certification for his laboratory...
Because Dr. Charles A. Thomas Jr., professor of Biological Chemistry, did not file a Memo of Understanding and Agreement (MUA) with NIH officials by the November 15 deadline, he will not be able to use his funds for recombinant DNA research, although they may be used for other research...
Arthur Heming, associate director of the General Sciences Division of NIH, the division that originally gave the grant to Thomas, wrote a letter Wednesday to Henry C. Meadow, senior associate dean for administration at the Med School, explaining the NIH decision...
...NIH Inspected...
...while it is necessary that Harvard's committee continue to inspect facilities and for the NIH to be constantly aware of the activities being performed in P-3 facilities, the question at hand may essentially boil down to whether or not science should be restrained. For those who are strongly opposed to the research, there must be more assurance from Washington officials that the results produced from recombinant DNA research will not be abused. But scientists performing the controversial experiments wish to proceed without limitations, and the issue will not subside until there is some compromise on both sides, which...