ALBERT

Keywords: *Containment of Biohazards ; *DNA, Recombinant ; *Federal Government ; Government ; *Government Regulation ; United States ; and the Office of Management and Budget, has convened a working group ; representing 15 federal agencies to discuss the regulation of biotechnology. ; George A. Keyworth, presidential science adviser, asked the agencies to report ; back at the next meeting what jurisdiction they claim in biotechnology ; regulation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing a ; proposal on its role. Various other agencies have been discussing federal ; involvement with industry representatives.

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

Keywords: *Equipment and Supplies ; United States ; *United States Food and Drug Administration

Keywords: *Legislation, Medical ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/organization & administration ; United States

Keywords: Female ; Humans ; Jurisprudence ; *Shock, Septic/etiology ; Tampons, Surgical/adverse effects ; 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.

Keywords: Formaldehyde/*adverse effects ; Humans ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Animals ; *Government Agencies ; Humans ; Radio Waves/*adverse effects ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: *Dioxins ; *Environmental Pollutants ; *Government Agencies ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Female ; Humans ; Medroxyprogesterone/*analogs & derivatives/toxicity ; Medroxyprogesterone Acetate ; Risk ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; Containment of Biohazards ; Ethics Committees, Research ; Federal Government ; Genetic Diseases, Inborn ; *Genetic Engineering ; Government Regulation ; Judicial Role ; Jurisprudence ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; Administration, the first authorized experiments in human gene therapy are ; expected to begin sometime in 1985. Anticipating approval, the congressional ; Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), at the request of then Representative ; Albert Gore, Jr. (D-Tenn), compiled a report on the scientific and ethical issues ; involved. OTA found no unique ethical obstacles to somatic cell therapy if ; conducted safely and with a reasonable expectation of efficacy. It reached no ; agreement concerning the necessity, feasibility, or ethical acceptability of ; germline therapy, and recommended further evaluation and public discussion.

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; DNA, Recombinant ; *Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Industry ; Legislation as Topic ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency ; engineering industry. Federal officials are aware of the pressing need for a ; comprehensive, coordinated policy that will regulate biotechnology without ; hampering its growth or driving companies abroad. A Cabinet-level working group ; involving 15 agencies and the Environmental Protection Agency plans to issue ; reports in Fall 1984 on the direction federal involvement should take. ; Consideration is being given to expanding the regulatory role of the National ; Institutes of Healths' Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, even while the ; committee awaits judicial review of its past decisions.

Keywords: *Animal Feed ; Animals ; *Anti-Bacterial Agents ; *Food Additives ; Humans ; Legislation as Topic ; R Factors ; Salmonella Food Poisoning/microbiology ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration

Keywords: Ethylene Oxide/*adverse effects ; Humans ; United States ; *United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Keywords: *Cyclosporins ; *Federal Government ; Humans ; *Legislation, Drug ; Medicare/*legislation & jurisprudence ; *Resource Allocation ; Transplantation/economics ; United States ; and Means health subcommittee minus the so-called "cyclosporine amendment," a ; provision which would have extended Medicare coverage to the long-term use of ; immunosuppressive drugs for organ transplant recipients. Cyclosporine became a ; focus of dispute because of its high cost. Opponents of the deleted provision ; argued that it would break the precedent under which Medicare pays for drugs only ; while a patient is in the hospital. Committee members report that pressure from ; physicians and patients is building to revive the deleted proposal.

Keywords: Animals ; *Carcinogens ; Formaldehyde/*adverse effects ; Humans ; Mice ; Public Policy ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency ; United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Keywords: *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Neoplasms ; *Professional Staff Committees ; United States

Keywords: *Biological Warfare ; Federal Government ; Government Regulation ; *Laboratories ; Research ; United States ; devoted to testing highly infectious, lethal biological agents in aerosol sprays. ; The proposed $1.4 million laboratory is a small part of an ongoing effort to ; modernize and expand chemical and biological facilities at Dugway Proving Ground. ; Several eminent biologists who reviewed the Pentagon's proposal at the request of ; Science are concerned that the facility will eventually be used to develop ; prohibited offensive weapons, particularly genetically modified pathogens of ; enhanced virulence and antibiotic resistance, though some scientists think the ; danger can be averted through surveillance by an independant panel. The Pentagon ; denies that such development is planned and claims that the facility is urgently ; needed to test defensive military equipment.

Keywords: Humans ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Physicians ; *Research ; Research Support as Topic ; United States