Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Contributor(s):
Sinsheimer, Robert
Singer, Maxine
California Institute of Technology
Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers
Publication:
Produced: 7 January 1977
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA, Recombinant
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Like Paul Berg, Singer criticized Sinsheimer for undertaking what Singer and Berg considered recombinant DNA experiments in his laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, while at the same time dismissing the recently-issued NIH guidelines on rDNA research as inadequate and calling for broader restrictions on the new technology. Their exchange expressed the uncertainties over the environmental and health safety of recombinant DNA research at a time when there was little empirical data on hand and regulation had to be based on an assessment of risk.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584644X121 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DJBBJF
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584644X121
Archival Collection:
The Maxine Singer Papers (Profiles in Science)