Creation of world’s first artificial life from the lab demands response from regulators asleep at the wheel
A research team led by controversial US scientist-entrepreneur Craig Venter announced today that it has created from scratch the world’s first synthetic organism. The development, published in the journal Science, has been predicted for many years – it took Venter’s...Creation of world’s first artificial life from the lab a wake-up call to regulators
In an article published in the journal “Science”, a research team led by controversial US scientist-entrepreneur Craig Venter announced that it has created from scratch the world’s first synthetic organism. Yet despite fears that this latest feat in...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...Size matters, public opinion doesn’t
Canberra Times, 8th May 2006, by John Hepburn The release last month of a Federal Government discussion paper on the development of a national nanotechnology strategy created ‘nano ripples’ throughout the community – so small as to be imperceptible to the...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.