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Biotechnology in the U.S.S.R., Part 2

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  1. Raymond Zilinskas, Ph.D., is an Industrial Development Officer with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), P.O. Box 400, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. Research for this report was largely performed while he was an analyst with the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. The opinions and evaluations are the author's own and do not represent those of any organization with which he has been or is associated, in particular, the United Nations.

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