The Recombinant Dna Controversy

Download or read book Genetic Alchemy written by Sheldon Krimsky and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1984-11-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic Alchemy summarizes and clarifies the background of policy and ethical issues, the debates engendered by uncertain risks to researchers and the population at large, and the roles played by scientists involved in one of the most prominent and controversial new technologies, gene splicing. The author, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University, brings to the topic his experience on the Cambridge Review Board as it considered the siting of a recombinant DNA research facility, and on the NIH's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.