Lessons from the past

Abstract In two universities I attempted to obtain biosafety guidelines for the culture of amber. The answers, not committed to writing were, ‘These are ordinary environmental microbes, and women have been rubbing their amber beads on their chests for years.’ But still the fears persist. In Italy, w...

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Other Authors: Greenblatt, Charles L, Spigelman, Mark
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Published: Oxford University PressOxford 2003
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780198509004.003.0017 2023-12-31T10:06:31+01:00 Lessons from the past Greenblatt, Charles L Spigelman, Mark 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198509004.003.0017 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52525918/isbn-9780198509004-book-part-17.pdf unknown Oxford University PressOxford Emerging Pathogens page 205-213 ISBN 9780198509004 9781383022056 book-chapter 2003 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198509004.003.0017 2023-12-06T09:03:48Z Abstract In two universities I attempted to obtain biosafety guidelines for the culture of amber. The answers, not committed to writing were, ‘These are ordinary environmental microbes, and women have been rubbing their amber beads on their chests for years.’ But still the fears persist. In Italy, when I attempted to culture bones from Pompeii, one student simply freaked out. A question to Jeff Taubenberger: I know that the ‘American expedition’ that exhumed the Eskimo remains did this with little fanfare. The Canadian/British group, on the other hand, were in biosafety tents with a high level of precaution. Book Part eskimo* Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 205 213
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description Abstract In two universities I attempted to obtain biosafety guidelines for the culture of amber. The answers, not committed to writing were, ‘These are ordinary environmental microbes, and women have been rubbing their amber beads on their chests for years.’ But still the fears persist. In Italy, when I attempted to culture bones from Pompeii, one student simply freaked out. A question to Jeff Taubenberger: I know that the ‘American expedition’ that exhumed the Eskimo remains did this with little fanfare. The Canadian/British group, on the other hand, were in biosafety tents with a high level of precaution.
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