Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Contributor(s):
Sinsheimer, Robert
California Institute of Technology
Berg, Paul
Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers
Stanford University. Medical Center
Publication:
Produced: 30 December 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA, Recombinant
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
This critical commentary by Paul Berg highlights the conflicting and sometimes contradictory attitudes towards the new technology of genetic engineering among many scientists in the 1970s. In this letter, Berg criticizes Sinsheimer, who visibly campaigned against recombinant DNA research as too dangerous, but also sought funds for a containment lab for that very research at his own institution (the California Institute of Technology).
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584644X118 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DJBBJB
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584644X118
Archival Collection:
The Maxine Singer Papers (Profiles in Science)