Title:

Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Creator:

Berg, Paul
Stanford University. Medical Center

Recipient:

Sinsheimer, Robert and California Institute of Technology

Date:

30 December 1976

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).

Original Repository:

Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers

Location:

Box: 33. Folder: 3

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Paul Berg.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

DNA, Recombinant

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

A Statement, 1976
Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer, 1977

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers. 12494

Legacy ID:

DJBBJB

NLM ID:

101584644X118

Profiles Collection:

The Maxine Singer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584644X118

Story Section:

Risk, Regulation, and Scientific Citizenship: The Controversy over Recombinant DNA Research