From: Heiko Kiesecker [kiesecker@lgm.uni-hannover.de]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:30 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: nature article, January 2001

You must apologize this superficial statement

I am doing plant biotechnology in Germany. From my personal point of view it
is the biggest misestimation at all to think that the public will not come
to know about disasters. Usually internal information's will be spread out
for several reasons. The public confidence in biotechnology related science
and scientists can only be rebuild when recombinant DNA technologies are
transparent.

I agree completely with the debt due from the FDA, research results which
may affect the whole mankind should be available for everybody.



Dr. Heiko Kiesecker
Dept. of Molecular Genetics
University of Hannover
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D-30419 Hannover

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