Protect NIH's DNA advisory committee

Zach N. Adelman, Lorraine M. Albritton, Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, Michael J. Buchmeier, Paula Cannon, Mildred Cho, David DiGiusto, J. Kevin Donahue, Howard J. Federoff, Marie Louise Hammarskjold, Angelica D. Hardison, Patrick Hearing, Benhur Lee, Dean Anthony Lee, Matthew H. Porteus, Lainie Friedman Ross, Susan R. Ross, Dawn P. Wooley, Laurie Zoloth

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)409-410
Number of pages2
JournalScience
Volume362
Issue number6413
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 26 2018

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The Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) was founded at the behest of concerned scientists based on the principle that public trust of advanced technologies must be earned through transparency and expert deliberation. For more than 40 years, the RAC has served as custodian of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines, with responsibilities in human gene therapy evolving from regulatory to advisory to the NIH and Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, the NIH director and FDA commissioner have proposed the elimination of RAC review of human gene therapy protocols (1, 2).

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