In the context of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules, recombinant DNA molecules are defined as either: molecules that are constructed outside living cells by joining ...

A huge budget increase proposed by the president. Numerous legislative initiatives at the federal and state level. Public fears of biological harm. That is the new reality brought to us by ...

“BIOHAZARDS AT HARVARD,” warns the cover of the June 8, 1976 issue of the Boston Phoenix. “Scientists are on the brink of undertaking revolutionary genetic research which creates new life forms,” the ...

A paradigm shift in molecular biology has set in. It is now possible to email a DNA sequence to a company and receive a recombinant plasmid vector of choice. We are soon heading into an era where ...

In the summer of 1974, a group of international researchers published an urgent open letter asking their colleagues to suspend work on a potentially dangerous new technology. The letter was a first in ...

This policy provides a clear definition of the titles and organizations with authorities and responsibilities to ensure compliance with the rules and regulations. The legal and local consequences of ...

Gene editing was a new idea in the mid-1970s. So when two of America's most prestigious research institutions planned a new facility for work in recombinant DNA, the technology that lets scientists ...

Credit: COURTESY OF TERRY SHARRER" /> Credit: COURTESY OF TERRY SHARRER In a series of experiments in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Stanley Cohen, Herbert Boyer, and their colleagues developed the ...

This article examines key innovations driving scalable, high-yield purification of recombinant AAVs and how they’re helping ...

Encapsidation of cellular- or plasmid-derived DNA sequences during recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) production has been well documented. However, most of the published data were generated ...

Centre to amend Drugs Rules related to licensing of stem cell derived & gene therapy products: Gireesh Babu, New Delhi Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 08:00 Hrs [IST] The Union minis ...