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Keywords: California ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Patents as Topic ; Universities ; recombinant DNA patent application by Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer. The Patent ; Office is concerned about the omission of important information from the ; application, the exclusion of a third collaborator as co-inventor, and the ; interval between public disclosure and the date of filing. The dispute could lead ; to a challenge of a related Cohen-Boyer patent issued in 1980, posing a financial ; threat to Stanford University, which holds the lucrative patent rights, and the ; University of California, which shares the licensing fees and royalties.

Keywords: *Advisory Committees ; *DNA, Recombinant ; *Genetic Engineering ; Government Regulation ; *Legislation as Topic ; *Public Policy ; Social Control, Formal

Keywords: Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Judicial Role ; *Jurisprudence ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; of genetically engineered bacteria, the National Institutes of Health will ; conduct the simpler of two ecological analyses required by the National ; Environmental Policy Act on three proposed experiments. In May 1984 a federal ; district court ruling halted a University of California field test pending a ; decision on Rifkin's 1983 suit, which alleged that NIH had violated the Act by ; approving experiments without studying the ecological consequences. Still to be ; decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals is whether NIH must also issue full-scale ; environmental impact statements.

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; DNA, Recombinant/*therapeutic use ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Humans ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Jurisprudence ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency ; the District of Columbia ruled that experiments involving the release of ; genetically altered organisms into the environment can proceed, provided that ; their potential ecological effects have been properly evaluated. The ruling has ; been hailed as a victory by both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and ; Jeremy Rifkin. Rifkin brought suit against NIH in 1983, charging that the agency ; had failed to evaluate adequately the environmental impact of some deliberate ; release experiments. Sun discusses the implications of the judge's ruling. She ; also describes a move by private companies to submit their recombinant DNA ; experiment proposals to the Environmental Protection Agency rather than to NIH, ; which has regulatory authority only over academic researchers.

Keywords: *Agriculture ; Bacteria/genetics ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Agencies ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Animals ; *Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; Government Agencies ; *Government Regulation ; United States ; *Vaccines

Keywords: Containment of Biohazards ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Legislation as Topic ; *Technology ; United States ; two federal acts to regulate the products of genetic engineering, and has worked ; closely with members of the biotechnology industry to develop draft regulations. ; The Office of Management and Budget now contends that the Federal Insecticide, ; Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act do not cover ; living organisms, suggests that it chair a working group to review the issues, ; and recommends four other regulatory options. Some industry officials have ; reservations about OMB's involvement in regulating biotechnology, and there could ; also be opposition from Democratic members of Congress.

Keywords: Animals ; *Genetic Engineering ; Humans ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Sheep ; Swine ; United States

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Jurisprudence ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; of Health, and the Environmental Protection Agency in a campaign to prevent ; private companies, as well as universities, from releasing genetically modified ; organisms into the environment until the possible environmental impact of these ; experiments has been analyzed. Rifkin is seeking to stop Advanced Genetic ; Sciences and Cetus Corporation from conducting field tests respectively of ; modified frost-resistant bacteria and disease-resistant plants. His efforts have ; already led scientists at Stanford University to postpone voluntarily the ; planting of corn seed containing recombinant DNA.