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Synbio News • 02/09/10
Darpa to develop immortal organisms
Darpa, in a move that means to use bioweapons for good, has announced the investment of $6 million into a project that will create “synthetic organisms” that never die but can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch. BioPrepWatch.com
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Project News • 10/28/09
Nearly Live from iGEM with the Synthetic Biology Project
The Synthetic Biology Project will be covering this year’s International Genetically Engineered Machine competition at MIT. Stay tuned for nearly live video interviews with some of this year’s contestants.
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Project News • 09/29/09
Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology: What does the American public think?
A groundbreaking poll of 1,001 U.S. adults conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies found 90 percent of Americans think that the public should be better informed about the development of cutting-edge technologies.
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Project News • 09/22/09
Synthetic Biology Project Receives Two National Science Foundation Grants
The Synthetic Biology project recently received two grants from the National Science Foundation to support a Transatlantic Exploratory Workshop on the Implications of Cutting-Edge Biotechnologies for Sustainability Science and Policy, and research on the use of on-line prediction markets to explore emerging issues in synthetic biology.
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Synbio News • 08/19/09
Biologists napping while work militarized
As researchers discover more agents that alter mental states, the Chemical Weapons Convention needs modification to help ensure that the life sciences are not used for hostile purposes, says Malcolm Dando. Nature
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Synbio News • 07/22/09
Energy Secretary Chu, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announce $6.3 million for Biofuels Research
Energy Secretary Chu and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced the joint selection of awards of up to $6.3 million towards fundamental genomics-enabled research leading to the improved use of plant feedstocks for biofuel production. U.S. Department of Energy
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Project News • 07/21/09
Synthetic Biology Project Director speaks at NAS
David Rejeski discusses “Public Perceptions On The Technological Frontier” at the National Academies.
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Project News • 07/20/09
Synthetic Biology on the Radio
Synthetic Biology Project director discusses opportunities and challenges of synthetic biology on The Kojo Nnamdi Show (NPR).
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Project News • 06/24/09
Does Synthetic Biology Need Synthesized Ethics?
A comprehensive ethical approach is needed to more readily identify and address ethical challenges and foster a productive public dialogue about social implications, according to a new report.
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Project News • 05/27/09
Synthetic Biology on the Rise
A new interactive map shows a growing landscape of synthetic biology activity throughout the United States and Europe.
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Synbio News • 04/22/09
Lab finds new method to turn biomass into gasoline
U.S. scientists have combined a discovery from a French garbage dump with breakthroughs in synthetic biology to come up with a novel method for turning plant waste into gasoline, without the need of any food sources…. Reuters
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Synbio News • 03/12/09
Artificial life could be created within FIVE years, experts claim
Artificial life could be created ‘within five years’, researchers claimed. Laboratories across the world are closing in on a second genesis… Daily Mail (UK)
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