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The Maxine Singer Papers

Title:
Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer pdf (107,174 Bytes) ocr (3,327 Bytes)
Description:
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).
Number of Image Pages:
2 (107,174 Bytes)
Date:
1976-12-30 (December 30, 1976)
Creator:
Berg, Paul
Stanford University Medical Center
Recipient:
Sinsheimer, Robert L.
California Institute of Technology
Source:
Original Repository: Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Paul Berg.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
DNA, Recombinant
Guidelines
Exhibit Category:
Risk, Regulation, and Scientific Citizenship: The Controversy over Recombinant DNA Research
Relation:
Metadata Record A Statement (December 20, 1976)
Metadata Record Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer (January 7, 1977)
Box Number: 33
Folder Number: 3
Unique Identifier:
DJBBJB
Document Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Recombinant DNA File, 1972-1980, n.d.
SubSeries: Binders
Folder: Nos. 3-6, 1976 November-1977 February
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2007-11-02
U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
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