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Will Society Be Prepared?
- Title:
- Will Society Be Prepared?
- Creator:
- Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Date:
- 11 August 1967
- Description:
- Marshall Nirenberg's editorial calls for a more introspective response to advances in genetic research. Nirenberg predicts that man will soon have the "power to shape his own biological destiny." He fears that man may be able to program his own cells before assessing the consequences and insists that we must refrain from instructing our own cells until we are "wise enough" to make a decision as an "informed society."
- Periodical:
- Science
- Publisher:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Rights:
- Reprinted with permission from Marshall Nirenberg. "Will Society be Prepared?" Science 157 (11 August 1967): 633. Copyright 1967 American Association for the Advancement of Science. and http://www.sciencemag.org/
- Genre:
- Articles
- Subject:
- Ethics
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- Relation:
- Notes on the future of science, 1966 Draft of Joshua Lederberg's editorial to Science magazine, 1967 Man's Power to Shape His Own Biologic Destiny--Will Society Be Prepared to Use It Wisely?, 1967 Letter from Hugh Rawson to Marshall W. Nirenberg, 1967
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Periodical. Nirenberg, Marshall W. "Will Society Be Prepared?" Science 157, 3789 (11 August 1967): 633. Article. 1 Image.. Science
- Legacy ID:
- JJBBHT
- NLM ID:
- 101584910X121
- Profiles Collection:
- The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X121
- Story Section:
- Public Reactions to the Genetic Code, 1961-1968