Title:

NIH Director's Advisory Committee meets to discuss recombinant DNA guidelines

Date:

December 1977

Description:

Fredrickson revived the Director's Advisory Committee (DAC), established in 1966, specifically to make recommendations on policies and regulations regarding recombinant DNA research. It served as a companion committee to the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, popularly known as RAC, which was chartered in 1974 in response to concerns expressed by prominent molecular biologists about the safety of recombinant DNA, or gene-splicing, experiments. Hans Stetten, NIH Deputy Director for Science and a senior member of DAC, is seated at the far left.

Location:

Box: 44. Folder: 36

Rights:

Courtesy of Donald S. Fredrickson.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

FFBBFB

NLM ID:

101584939X63

Profiles Collection:

The Donald S. Fredrickson Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584939X63

Story Section:

The Controversy over the Regulation of Recombinant DNA Research, 1975-1981