Letter from Maxine Singer to Robert L. Sinsheimer
- 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