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1. The New Biology
Pages 15-18

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... Our primary objectives are to show the currently exciting activity in biology and to explore foreseeable research opportunities; we fully appreciate the explosive nature of biological research and the near impossibility of anticipating the many directions that may assume central importance in the immediate future. We are afforded some help in anticipating the future by our recognition of the unity of biology.
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From page 16...
... Spectacular advances are being made in determining the molecular structure of proteins and nucleic acids by physical methods such as x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Here too, techniques of molecular biology are being used, allowing scientists to analyze the effects of designed changes in the amino acid sequence of enzymes on structure and catalytic function.
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... Great advances should be seen in health care, with the development of powerful new therapeutic drugs and improved methods of diagnosis. Some of the world's greatest health problems will reach critical levels in the next two decades.
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From page 18...
... Obstacles to the transfer of complex traits should be overcome with increased basic research on gene expression and regulation. This report identifies many of the research opportunities that currently exist in biology and attempts to predict some of those that may emerge in the near future.
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