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The Maxine Singer Papers

Title:
Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer pdf (138,727 Bytes) ocr (4,194 Bytes)
Description:
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.
Number of Image Pages:
2 (138,727 Bytes)
Date:
1977-01-07 (January 7, 1977)
Creator:
Singer, Maxine
Recipient:
Sinsheimer, Robert L.
California Institute of Technology
Source:
Original Repository: Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Library of Congress.
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 Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer (December 30, 1976)
Box Number: 33
Folder Number: 4
Unique Identifier:
DJBBJF
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:
2007-10-17
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National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
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