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...want to conduct potentially hazardous genetic research that involves forming new organisms by artificially combining strands of DNA. There are other parallels between the accelerator that Pipkin worked with and the planned facility his committee now favors. Despite the potential hazards of the research--particularly the danger that the bacteria, once transplanted with foreign DNA, could induce disease and death in humans--the scientists want to perform the experiments in the Biological Laboratories, at 16 Divinity Ave., in a residential area. And, as was the case with the electron accelerator, the public has not participated in early decisions about recombinant...
...greater knowledge about agriculture and disease. Scientists, however, are also sure about another element of the research--they as a group can't predict what the organisms will be like. The may be unstoppable little monsters--Frankensteins, some have labelled them. Or they could turn out to be harmless bacteria incapable of escaping the containment facility...
There are only two occasions when the proponents choose to go beyond the discussion of their facility's safety: when they tell us that anyone who knows anything about pathogenic bacteria is in favor of the research proceeding immediately, and when they say that stopping the research is tantamount to being pro-cancer...
...Marcian E. Hoff Jr., of Intel Corp., of the micro computer, containing tiny (1/6 sq. in.) chips of silicon, now used in cars to control antiskid systems or monitor engine temperatures and in refineries and sewage-treatment plants to control the decomposition of waste and the levels of bacteria. Some engineers are also working on the development of home computer terminals that could give individuals access to whole libraries of information, as well as start a sort of "electronic democracy" in which public opinion on any issue could be sampled almost instantly...
Researchers plan to use the lab to study the control mechanism of DNA by transplanting genes from warm-blooded animals into E-coli, a common bacteria...