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Convened by Paul Berg, the Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA was an influential conference discussing the regulation of biotechnology held in February 1975 at a conference center Asilomar State Beach. A group of around 140 professionals (primarily biologists, but also including lawyers and physicians) participated in the conference to draw up voluntary guidelines to ensure the safety of recombinant DNA technology. It is generally considered an important event in the history of biotechnology and the regulation of science and technology.
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