Title:

Man's Power to Shape His Own Biologic Destiny--Will Society Be Prepared to Use It Wisely?

Creator:

Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Date:

[Spring 1967]

Description:

This appeared shortly before Nirenberg's more famous editorial in Science in the fall of 1967. Nirenberg confronts the same issues of knowledge and power and the future of genetic research. Anticipating the time that "man may be able to program his own cells with synthetic information." Nirenberg notes that this will happen long before man can "assess adequately the long-term consequences of such alterations" and resolve the ethical and moral problems it will raise.

Periodical:

Research Corporation Quarterly Bulletin

Publisher:

The Research Corporation

Location:

Box: 123. Folder: 4

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Research Corporation.

Genre:

Articles

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Will Society Be Prepared?, 1967

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Nirenberg, Marshall W. "Man's Power to Shape His Own Biologic Destiny--Will Society Be Prepared to Use It Wisely?" Research Corporation Quarterly Bulletin, ([Spring 1967]). Article. 2 Images.. Research Corporation Quarterly Bulletin

Legacy ID:

JJBCBG

NLM ID:

101584910X442

Profiles Collection:

The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X442

Story Section:

Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002