[Letter to Colleagues from Peter Duesberg]

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" The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., a multidisciplinary journal, publishes. brief reports of original. research o s.exceptional irmportance and novelty. I am writing to ask your opinion on the following points, together with any other comments you ma
"" offer. Please reply to all questions: The Editorial Board considers the first two the most important. Please note that the Edtra Policy
sttsta h eeessoleanoyos1 Is this contribution especially important and novel, justifying publication in Proceedings rather thania specialty A
".journal? 'Yes..0 No "O Don't know**.....:J'.:2. Is the overall quality of this paper in the top 10th percentile of papers in its field? ' 'Yes 0 No 0 " Don't know
3. Does the evidence justify the conclusions drawn.E Yes 0 No 0 Don't know
4. Isthis paper clearly written for a diverse audience of scientists? Zf Yes 0 No 0 Don't know -
5. Are the procedures described sufficiently well that the work can be repeated? 0 Yes 0 No gNot relevant
6. Commients (use additional pages if necessary; send original and two copies): If the answers to questions 1 and 2 are Yes, please describe
here the aspects of this paper that are novel and important:
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