Title:

Letter from Herbert W. Boyer, Philip Coffino, and Harold Varmus to Daphne Kamely, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Creator:

Varmus, Harold
Boyer, Herbert W.
Coffino, Philip

Recipient:

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.) and Kamely, Daphne

Date:

26 May 1977

Description:

To ensure the safety of recombinant DNA research (research that, among many other results, yielded important techniques for Varmus' investigation into the origins of cancer), the National Institutes of Health in 1976 issued guidelines for the construction and operation of laboratories in which such research was conducted. The guidelines established four containment levels, setting more stringent requirement for such features as air exhaust and wastewater disposal systems with each ascending level. This directive lays out the protocol for using and cleaning a level two containment facility in Varmus and Bishop's laboratory.

Original Repository:

University of California, San Francisco. Archives and Special Collections. Harold E. Varmus Papers

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 11

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Regents of the University of California.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Proposals

Subject:

DNA, Recombinant

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. University of California, San Francisco. Archives and Special Collections. Harold E. Varmus Papers. 12290

Legacy ID:

MVBBDB

NLM ID:

101584926X43

Profiles Collection:

The Harold Varmus Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X43

Story Section:

Biographical Information