Excerpt from Fredrickson's diary on the reaction of several scientists to restructuring the Recombinant DNA Research Advisory Committee

Title:
Excerpt from Fredrickson's diary on the reaction of several scientists to restructuring the Recombinant DNA Research Advisory Committee
Creator:
Fredrickson, Donald S.
Date:
29 January 1979
Description:
On the orders of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., the Recombinant DNA Research Advisory Committee (RAC) was expanded to include several non-scientists including Fredrickson's successor as chairman of RAC, Ray Thornton. Several scientists, among them Paul Berg, the organizer of the Asilomar conference in 1975, protested against this restructuring of RAC, fearing that laymen would not understand the complex scientific issues arising from recombinant DNA research.
Location:
Box: 17. Folder: 11
Rights:
Public Domain
Genre:
Memoirs
Diaries
Excerpts
Format:
Text
Extent:
1 pages
Language:
English
Legacy ID:
FFBBJG
NLM ID:
101584939X129
Profiles Collection:
The Donald S. Fredrickson Papers
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584939X129
Story Section:
The Controversy over the Regulation of Recombinant DNA Research, 1975-1981