title: Growing up with DNA repair and joining the EMS.
abstract: I recount some personal history, as I rode the crest of the wave of discovery and excitement in the DNA repair field from the early 1960s and eventually came to appreciate that the Environmental Mutagen Society is the appropriate professional "home" for researchers in this field: it places them in the context of the broader genetic, societal, and regulatory issues raised from their studies. In return, the wisdom provided from basic research on cellular processing of damaged DNA is essential to mechanism-based decisions in the domain of genetic toxicology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA. hanawalt@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanawalt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004777:Environment; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens