Title:

Bioengineering: Short Term Optimism and Long Term Risk

Creator:

Anfinsen, Christian B. (Christian Boehmer), 1916-1995

Contributor:

Gustavus Adolphus College (Sponsor)
Nobel Conference XIX (Conference)

Date:

4 October 1983

Description:

Anfinsen believed that humanity could derive great benefits from biotechnology, but only with the right safeguards. In this speech delivered at the 19th Annual Nobel Conference held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, Anfinsen declared that it was possible to maintain "adequate surveillance of the application of bioengineering to human beings so long as the human hunger for power and material gain does not become overwhelming.". NOTE: Speech was given at the Nobel XIX Conference, held 4-5 October 1983 at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 8

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Libby Anfinsen.

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology, and Ethics, Professional

Format:

Text

Extent:

12 pages

Relation:

Letter from Robert Esbjornson, Nobel Conference Committee of Gustavus Adolphus College to Christian B. Anfinsen, Willard Gaylin, Clifford Grobstein, Karen Lebacqz, Lewis Thomas, and June Goodfield, 1983
Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen to Robert Esbjornson, Nobel Conference Committee of Gustavus Adolphus College, 1983

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

KKBBDR

NLM ID:

101584571X56

Profiles Collection:

The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584571X56

Story Section:

Humanitarian and Political Activism, 1967-1994