Title:

The Nobel Letters: Letter to Vellucci

Creator:

Lederberg, Joshua

Recipient:

Vellucci, Alfred E.

Date:

[September-October 1976]

Description:

The following is an excerpt from a letter Lederberg wrote to Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci defending genetic recombinant research at Harvard University. The letter was one of several written by some leading biologists at the time. Dr. Lederberg's letter, along with ones by Howard M. Termin and Arthur Kornberg were included as part of an article entitled, "The Case Against Genetic Engineering" by George Wald in the September-October 1976 issue of The Sciences.

Periodical:

The Sciences

Publisher:

New York Academy of Sciences

Location:

Box: 111. Folder: 11

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Genre:

Articles
Excerpts
Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Lederberg, Joshua. "The Nobel Letters: Letter to Vellucci." The Sciences 16, 5 ([September-October 1976]): 8. Article. Excerpt. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image.. The Sciences. Lederberg UI. S254

Legacy ID:

BBBBLQ

NLM ID:

101584906X12448

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X12448

Lederberg Grouping:

S. SAM Science and Man Series.