Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer Letter from Paul Berg to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Contributor(s): Sinsheimer, Robert California Institute of Technology Berg, Paul Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers Stanford University. Medical Center Publication: Produced: 30 December 1976 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): DNA, Recombinant Genre(s): Archival Materials Letters (correspondence) Abstract: This critical commentary by Paul Berg highlights the conflicting and sometimes contradictory attitudes towards the new technology of genetic engineering among many scientists in the 1970s. In this letter, Berg criticizes Sinsheimer, who visibly campaigned against recombinant DNA research as too dangerous, but also sought funds for a containment lab for that very research at his own institution (the California Institute of Technology). Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 2 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584644X118 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: DJBBJB Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584644X118 Archival Collection: The Maxine Singer Papers (Profiles in Science)