THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
MEDICAL SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN GENETICS-BOX 015 TELEPHONE:

1137 E. CATHERINE STREET ANN ARBOR, 764-5490
ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN

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April 16, 1981

 

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue

New York, NY 10021

Dear Josh:

It might be appropriate at the upcoming Symposium if we
look ahead, at the prospects for better methods of evaluating
possible genetic damage from radiation and chemical exposures.
Specifically, right now we here are convinced that the union
of 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with
appropriate computer programming is going to make it possible
to extract as much as 1000 bits of information from each child
whose parents have had some significant exposure or the other.
This has a lot of bearing on the feasibility of the appropriate
studies.

Best regards,

“ James VY. Neel, M.D.
” Lee R. Dice’ University Professor
of Human Genetics

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