Asilomar conference took courage and foresight — today, inclusivity would also be crucial The 50th anniversary of a landmark biosafety conference is an opportunity to ensure its spirit lives on in today’s scientists.

Mid-PhD, I remember this time well. Recombinant DNA experiments stopped while the research world waited for biosafety guidelines. Quite a scary time.

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Taking responsibility: Asilomar and its legacy A reappraisal of the constitutional position of science in American democracy is needed

In a #SciencePolicyForum reflecting on the legacy of the 1975 #AsilomarConference, Benjamin Hurlbut argues the time has come for a “second enlightenment,” one that reimagines science's place within democratic governance.

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Taking responsibility: Asilomar and its legacy A reappraisal of the constitutional position of science in American democracy is needed

Excellent commentary in Science on the #AsilomarConference, which was 50 years ago this month. "We must ask anew what experiments should be done—not merely in the enclaves of science and technology but in the laboratories of democracy worldwide." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Maxine Singer, Norton Zinder, Sydney Brenner, and Paul Berg participated in the Asilomar Conference, February 1975.

In a new #SciencePolicyForum, Benjamin Hurlbut discusses the legacy of the 1975 #AsilomarConference and its long-lasting implications on science and democracy.

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