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The United States Army is to enter the genetic engineering field.
An advertisement in the classified section of the prestigious scientific journal Nature' recently called for scientists to submit proposals to 'clone' the gene for a human enzyme 'acebylcholinesterase' This is the enzyme inactivated by the nerve gas used in chemical warfare.
Exposure to such gases leads to convulsions and death of victims.
By cloning the gene for the enzyme in a bacterium using genetic engineering techniques the US Army will have access to large quantities of pure acetylcholinesterase.
The enzyme itself is not suit. able for use as a weapon. However, it may be a potent antidote to nerve gas poisoning and it certainly will be of use in testing other antidotes and in testing new nerve gas weapons. ing that Butkovich had offered to train members in bomb making, and had proposed taking guns to the Greensboro rally.
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