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Genetic Engineering: What's All the Fuss About?
2003c87_a_1001046_r01
Collection StructureCommonwealth Club of California records > Sound recordings of club programs > Genetic Engineering: What's All the Fuss About?
Item Title Genetic Engineering: What's All the Fuss About?
Collection TitleCommonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Berg, Paul (1926-)
Date CreatedJune 11, 1981
Description

Berg discusses the prospects and problems of genetic engineering. He explains the basic concepts of human genetic makeup and the importance of DNA. Turning to the breakthrough in the study of simple organisms in 1976 that led to the study of human genes and cloning, he talks about the benefits of such study. Finally, Berg explains the difficulties of altering and modifying human genes to enable human cloning.

Theme(s)
Science & Technology
Language(s)
English
Country of Origin
United States
Place RecordedSanta Clara, California, United States
FormatSound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID2003c87_a_1001046
Record Number2003C87.1046
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
RightsUsed with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

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