jan 1, 1975 - 1975: The Asilomar meeting proposes a 'moratorium' on recombinant DNA.

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Following the discovery of technologies to create genetic hybrids between genes (recombinant DNA) and produce millions of copies of these hybrids in bacterial cells (gene cloning), Berg and others proposed a “moratorium” on certain recombinant DNA work until the risks had been adequately assessed.