Letter from Joshua Lederberg to U.S. Senators Alan Cranston and Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa
- Title:
- Letter from Joshua Lederberg to U.S. Senators Alan Cranston and Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa
- Creator:
- Lederberg, Joshua
- Recipient:
- Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye, Cranston, Alan, 1914-2000, and United States. Congress. Senate
- Date:
- [ca. 9 June 1977]
- Description:
- In this letter, the prominent geneticist and Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg warned against the danger to scientific freedom he saw in Congressional efforts to regulate and restrict recombinant DNA research.
- Original Repository:
- Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers
- Location:
- Box: 35. Folder: 2
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of Joshua Lederberg.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- DNA, Recombinant, Genetic Research, and Risk Management
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers. 12494
- Legacy ID:
- DJBBJX
- NLM ID:
- 101584644X136
- Profiles Collection:
- The Maxine Singer Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584644X136
- Story Section:
- Risk, Regulation, and Scientific Citizenship: The Controversy over Recombinant DNA Research