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Morgan Chadwick Reese, president of the United States, flashed a florid grin at the gathering of distinguished guests from both houses of Congress, the cabinet, White House aides, members of the National Institute of Health and other human services departments, and the clutch of reporters who filled the rear of the White House Yellow Room. He took a sip of water as the voices subsided and began the induction ceremony. |
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"Ladies and gentlemen, we have gathered today to mark an historic moment in both science and government. From this day forth, the Commission on Biotechnology will represent a bridge between the American government and the burgeoning bio-tech industry. As you know, the research in the area of genetics has grown exponentially over the last decade. The human genome project has already developed into a vast enterprise involving hundreds of men and women, all dedicated to the betterment of the human condition through the understanding of responsible gene manipulation . . ." |
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Behind the president were four cherry armchairs. In them sat the vice-president, the head of the National Institute of Health, the newly appointed director of the Commission on Biotechnology and his wife. |
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"I have asked Dr. Julius Wick to assume the directorship of the commission; and I am very happy to say that Dr. Wick has accepted. Dr. Wick brings to the commission a sterling career as a scientist and administrator. Before serving as president of Walden Research in New York State, he spent years pioneering the science of gene transfer, which has opened medicine to wondrous discoveries that |
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