Student team wins bronze medal for questioning synthetic biology implications

An undergraduate team focused exclusively on the ethical, environmental, economic, social and legal (E3LS) aspects of synthetic biology has won a bronze medal at the international Genetic Engineering Machine/ synthetic biology competition (iGEM). The team, from the University of Calgary, were the first team to focus exclusively on the E3LS issues at iGEM. For more information visit their wiki site http://2008.igem.org/Team:Calgary_Ethics.