In 1975, researchers met to discuss the emerging field of biotechnology. The issues surrounding the field today are familiar.

The payphone was in the main lodge of a conference center at Asilomar State Beach in California, and Capron says the scientists were mostly calling colleagues back at home to tell them about ...

Fifty years ago today, scientists met to set safety limits on the new field of genetic engineering. This week researchers meet again to discuss big questions as biotechnology grows more powerful.

Months after Pollack’s phone call, Berg agreed to postpone the experiment, setting the stage for the historic 1975 meeting at the Asilomar conference center. Focusing on the means, not the ends In ...

What will be the significance of this month’s 50th anniversary meeting at the famed Pacific Grove conference centre in California? by Tina Stevens and Stuart A. Newman ...