Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 409-410 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Science |
Volume | 362 |
Issue number | 6413 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 26 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information: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).