美国斯坦福大学的生物化学、荣誉教授保罗·伯格(PaulBerg),曾因研究操纵基因重组DNA分子而荣获1980年诺贝尔化学奖。在20世纪70年代初期,他将两种不同物种的基因通过剪切后拼接在一起,人工构成了世界上第一个重组DNA杂交分子。现在这项技术已成为遗传学和生物技术工业的支柱。伯格还在同一时期领导了一场不同寻常的运动并取得了巨大成就:科学家们自愿暂停了某些重组DNA的实验,直至他和他的同事们达成了协议——务必使经过生物工程改造的生物体释放到环境中的风险降到最低。不久前,《Discover》杂志的记者大卫·邓肯(DavidDuncan)采访了保罗·伯格,以下这次访谈的内容。 Paul Berger, a professor of biochemistry at Stanford University in the United States, honorary professor of medicine, won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on manipulating genetically modified DNA molecules. In the early 1970s, he stitched genes from two different species together to form the world’s first recombinant DNA hybrid. This technology has now become a pillar of the genetics and biotechnology industries. Berg also led an extraordinary movement of the same age with great accomplishments: scientists voluntarily suspended some experiments on recombinant DNA until he and his colleagues reached an agreement - it is imperative that bioengineered Of organisms released to the environment to a minimum. Not long ago, David Duncan, a reporter for Discover magazine, interviewed Paul Berg, the content of the following interview.