Label:
Government restrictions on working with recombinant DNA, Walter Gilbert
Description:
Interviewee: Walter Gilbert
DNAi Location:
Manipulation>Production>players
Insulin and the moratorium
In the late 1970s, there was a moratorium on recombinant DNA work. Gilbert had to go to England's Porton Down facility to try and isolate human insulin.
Biological elements:
human insulin, bacteria
Concepts precesses:
Tools & methods :
P-4 laboratories