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Novel technologies and ideas that impinge on human biology and their perceived impact on human values have renewed strains in the relationship between science and society.

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Paul Berg
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 30
Biochemist
Chemist
Molecular Biologist
Scientist
Brooklyn
New York
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