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1975-06
P Berg , D Baltimore , S Brenner , R O Roblin , M F Singer
Several of the molecular biologists who gathered at the Asilomar Conference Grounds reported back on the conference shortly after its conclusion. They stated their general agreement that the voluntary moratorium called for the previous year need not continue.
1974-07
Paul Berg , David Baltimore , Herbert W. Boyer , Stanley N. Cohen , Ronald W. Davis , David S. Hogness , Daniel Nathans , Richard Roblin , James D. Watson , Sherman Weissman , Norton D. Zinder
A committee of prominent genetic researchers writing on behalf of the Assembly of Life Sciences and the National Research Council (NRC) call for action to address concerns around recombinant DNA.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act was passed in British Parliament in 1990 and has since become a model of the regulation of human reproductive technologies.