My maop3.&n concurs w%fh yours, thatit mild be aa likely that
other mama&y used hrobee shortid Deco= pathogenic for man. I suppose
there is some risk attacrbd to the introduatlsn of s nm agent, blo-
logical or el#odcd, 1nf.a our envinrmatnt. For ample, it fa plmasible
that one hmmn in, sag, tea thoueati .tiqht be exqufs1+aly seneitlve,
owing to hia partiuu3.a~ gemtic constftu?&on, to sody) new chemical in-
reatsleide.  Blot many pralimlnary safaty tests could nick that upt

  Any bi010~.%0al pr~ctoufit to bm srdmbk!tmednith Ilonm cam.
U tha BaaAllw spearer are goad antigw8, aa they nsy wmll be, they stand
a pod ohanee of provoking ell.ergla reactions in a reinarfty 02 handlera,
oapal.ally I.2 beuiellud usu~zrpsely.


Pa&p 2 - my 27, 3.938
Dr. ?sdmrd A. stainballs

possib.iUtiss of himan risks fron t2d.r products as may apply to tbas
miaroorganiams.  It 3s possible tC, ratis as mq hypothetical. posai-
billti~s of tmubb ,for OM) as far th@ OthWj if we ars to ham any
chsncm af ~ogreas at all, we have to take a balanced vlem, and accept
aom rmota risks, after astrenuous re&w of si@ximl asfotg tosting.

JosW Ladarbarg
Pmfossor of Miadical Oenatics

P. 5.  Have you .~.,a recent word on the Buchrmr translation project?