The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers

Title:

Bioengineering: Short Term Optimism and Long Term Risk

Description:

Anfinsen believed that humanity could derive great benefits from biotechnology, but only with the right safeguards. In this speech delivered at the 19th Annual Nobel Conference held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, Anfinsen declared that it was possible to maintain "adequate surveillance of the application of bioengineering to human beings so long as the human hunger for power and material gain does not become overwhelming."

NOTE: Speech was given at the Nobel XIX Conference, held 4-5 October 1983 at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Number of Image Pages:

12 (790,587 Bytes)

Date:

1983-10-04 (October 4, 1983)

Creator:

Anfinsen, Christian B.

Contributor:

Conference: Nobel Conference XIX (4-5 October 1983)

Sponsor: Gustavus Adolphus College

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Libby Anfinsen.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Genetic Engineering; Biotechnology; Ethics, Professional

Exhibit Category:

Humanitarian and Political Activism, 1967-1994

Relation:

Letter from Robert Esbjornson, Nobel Conference Committee of Gustavus Adolphus College to Christian B. Anfinsen, Willard Gaylin, Clifford Grobstein, Karen Lebacqz, Lewis Thomas, and June Goodfield (March 23, 1983)

Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen to Robert Esbjornson, Nobel Conference Committee of Gustavus Adolphus College (April 13, 1983)

Box Number: 5