Transcript of Varmus's testimony at Congressional Hearing "Biotechnology and the Ethics of Cloning: How Far Should We Go?"
- Title:
- Transcript of Varmus's testimony at Congressional Hearing "Biotechnology and the Ethics of Cloning: How Far Should We Go?"
- Creator:
- Varmus, Harold
- Date:
- 5 March 1997
- Description:
- These hearings were held soon after the news (February 1997) that British researchers had cloned a sheep. Varmus provided some of the scientific background to cloning and other genetic manipulation, and talked about possible therapeutic applications, but supported the ban on federal funding for human cloning, and a voluntary moratorium on such research in the private sector, at least until the National Bioethics Advisory Commission had time to consider the issue.
- Location:
- Box: 3. Folder: 41
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Genre:
-
Transcripts
Hearings (event)
Testimonies - Subject:
- Cloning, Organism
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy ID:
- MVBBVL
- NLM ID:
- 101584926X333
- Profiles Collection:
- The Harold Varmus Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X333
- Story Section:
- Retroviruses and the Genetic Origins of Cancer, 1970-1993