Talk:Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA
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Peer review by Blake - Your introduction was very concise, however if it is possible a little more information in the introduction might be helpful in order to provide your reader with a greater understanding of the topic in a condensed form. Under the section of Experimental design, it might be important to note the impact of this experiment as well as its importance. I like the general progression of the different arguments posed throughout the Asilomar Conference, as it makes it much easier to understand the varying viewpoints. Regarding the regulations of scientific experimentation involving bacteriophages, plasmids, prokaryotes and animal viruses, what impact did this have on experimentation and are there any specific examples of experiments carried out in this fashion that uphled the regulations of the Asilomar Conference? What problems were raised as certain scientists did not conform to such strict regulations? As well, I think it might be important to explain a little more regarding other experiments that were forbidden in conjunction with experimental regulation. In comparison to the elaboration on the other aspects, this last point seems to be cut a little short.
Peer review by Bryan -- I went ahead and changed a date that had to many numbers in it. I am assuming that you ment to type 1973 instead of 19753. Please feel free to correct this if I have changed it to the wrong year. You gave one example, with the SV40 virus, of the ways recumbant DNA research might be dangerous. Were there others? A breif listing with a quick destription may help to demonstrate why the conference was so important. You listed the hoc committe. What is that? a brief description of that or a link could be helpful in the readers comprehension of the history of the conference. Very nice detail in the history of the conference. You wrote what was eventually decided by the conference, but was there any opposition to the regulations set forth? I don't know, but if there were you might want to give an example.
Peer review by Maya: you did a good job dividing up or topic into different subjects. Your introduction could be more concise and informative by switiching the first and seconds paragraphs, so it reads something like "The Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA took place in 1975 and was organized by leading researchers such as Paul Berg.[2] Before the conference, scientists worldwide had halted experiments using recombinant DNA technology." and then you could briefly explain the events that lead up to its creation, and end with "The conference was significant because it established the guidelines for conducting research with recombinant DNA technology and it placed science more into the public domain.After the establishment of the guidelines during the conference, scientists continued with their research, which increased fundamental knowledge about biology and the public’s interest in biomedical research." I would also suggest breaking down the "Asilomar Conference" into to sub-categories (maybe "topics discussed" and "agreements made" ) to make it easier to follow.
