Title:

Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Creator:

Singer, Maxine

Recipient:

Sinsheimer, Robert and California Institute of Technology

Date:

7 January 1977

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.

Original Repository:

Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers

Location:

Box: 33. Folder: 4

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Library of Congress.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

DNA, Recombinant

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

A Statement, 1976
Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer, 1976

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

DJBBJF

NLM ID:

101584644X121

Profiles Collection:

The Maxine Singer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584644X121

Story Section:

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