Science Policy Implications of DNA Recombinant Molecule Research

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic freedom.

Biology--Research.

Biology.

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1978

Summary:

Appendix (pages 71-78) contains brief news articles

Committee Serial X. Subcom on Science, Research, and Technology report, prepared by staff member Gail Pesyna and James McCullough (CRS), on Mar.-Sept. 1977 hearings to explore issues surrounding recombinant DNA research and the adequacy of NIH proposed containment guidelines for Government-funded recombinant research

Summarizes hearings conclusions and post-hearings developments (pages vii-13), and reviews matters addressed in testimony, including: scientific research risk-benefit analysis; science policy implications, including international and public participation considerations; and legal, moral, and ethical issues

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Science Policy Implications of DNA Recombinant Molecule Research. 78-H702-12

Publisher Number:

CRS-1978-SPR-0037

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