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who had dropped on to visit the meeting. CHAIRMAN STRAUSS spoke
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GLASS announced that there had been 6 najop“breakthrough in
biochemistry and in the past year artificial pinucleotides had been
successfully synthesized.
This was probably the greatest step for-
ward in biochemistry that has happened/in a long, long time.
Several
different types of material had been synthesized and it is of import-
ance that one of them, the deoxvribose, is the chemical basis of
heredity.
DR. GLASS said in response to a question by CHAIRMAN
STRAUSS that it had been announced but had not been "played up” in
the newspapers.
CHAIRMAN STRAUSS suggested that William Lawrence
of the "New York Times" write the "lead article" although it was
agreed that it was not the sort of subject that could be dealt
with easily in the public press.
DR. BUGHER mentioned another important piece of work in which various
molecules had been pulled apart into their fundamental components.
CHAIRMAN STRAUSS expressed a particular interest in the Division of
Biology and Medicine program.
He stated that it and the Research
Division program required attention since the other major claimant
on public funds, the Division of Military Applications, found it
"easier going". His interest and effectiveness was commended by
Dr. Warren.
CHAIRMAN STRAUSS inguired as to the general method by
which radioactive isotope tracers had been used in these new developments and the use of C-14 and P-32 for this was explained briefly
by DR. GLASS.
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Dr. Claus was then introd&iced to present his plans for the maintenance
of exposure data.
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