50 years after a seminal conference, big questions about biotechnology remain

Biochemists Herbert Boyer (UCSF) and Paul Berg (Stanford) at a conference at Asilomar, February 26, 1975.

In 1975, researchers met to discuss the emerging field of biotechnology. The issues surrounding the field today are familiar.

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