Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Sep 11, 1981

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Title: The Gene Merchants Abstract: ABC "CloseUp" special "The Gene Merchants" re: genetic engineering technology and business, marketing, recombinant DNA technology, gene splicing, potential biohazard problems, potential benefits, stock market, interferon as possible cure for cancer; Genentech, Biogen, and Cetus marketing genetic technology, question of human cloning, In Vitro Fertilization. Reporters: Marshall Frady, William Sherman. Interviews: S Leslie Misrock, Kathy Behrens, Jonathan King, David Ozonoff, Paul Berg, Sheldon Krimsky, Donald Frederickson, Robert Swanson, Tom Perkins, Scott King, Jonathan Ziegler, James Tullis, Robert Cawthorne, Walter Gilbert, Ronald Cape, Ray Valentine, David Golde, John Lundberg, Stephen Bomse, Keith Yamamoto, Lorraine Johnsrud, Charles Weissman, Jeffrey Miller, Donald Kennedy, Charles Yanofsky, Martin Klein, Claire Randall. Begin Time: 09:00:00 pm End Time: 09:58:40 pm TVN Record Number: 871464 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1981-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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