Methodology

For the United States, entries were collected using the following sources:

• Patrick Di Justo, “A Genome Shop Near You,” Wired (December 2005).
• “Genome Synthesis and Design Futures: Implications for the U.S. Economy,” bio-era (February 2007).
• Lexis Nexus search for “synthetic biology” (January 2003 – January 2008).
• “SYNBIOLOGY: An Analysis of Synthetic Biology Research in Europe and North America,” SynBiology (October 2005)

For Europe, entries were collected using the following sources:

• Huib de Vriend, “Constructing Life – Early social reflections on the emerging field of synthetic biology,” The Hague: Rathenau Institute (2006).
• “Synthetic Biology: A Nest Pathfinder Initiative,” European Commission (2007).
• “SYNBIOLOGY: An Analysis of Synthetic Biology Research in Europe and North America,” SynBiology (October 2005).
• “postnote: Synthetic Biology,” Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 298 (January 2008).

Entries were also found using data from:

• “Trends in American & European Press Coverage of Synthetic Biology,” Synthetic Biology Project (November 2008).
• “Synthetic Biology: scope, applications and implications,” The Royal Academy of Engineering (May 2009).

It was confirmed through each entry’s web site that work with synthetic biology is being conducted.

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