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Synbio News • 05/12/09
Synthetic biology gets ethical. UK centre hopes to blend science, policy and outreach in burgeoning field
The new synthetic biology centre at Imperial College London will focus on ethics as well as science.ICLA synthetic-biology centre opening today at Imperial College London is hoping to pre-empt public concerns about the field by integrating social scientists into its research team. Nature News
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Synbio News • 05/12/09
In Attics and Closets, ‘Biohackers’ Discover Their Inner Frankenstein
In Massachusetts, a young woman makes genetically modified E. coli in a closet she converted into a home lab. A part-time DJ in Berkeley, Calif., works in his attic to cultivate viruses extracted from sewage….. The Wall Street Journal
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Synbio News • 05/11/09
Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative widens scope
An ASU initiative to leverage key university research strengths against complex global challenges is expanding its scope and leadership to more tightly integrate the natural sciences and technology with social sciences and the humanities….. ASU news
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Synbio News • 05/08/09
Genetic revolution
Science blog (Clive Cookson): Synthetic biology is one of those futuristic concepts, like nanotechnology and regenerative medicine, that everyone feels is going to be a key technology for the 21st century, but few really understand. All are a bit fuzzy in their definition - and practitioners are not clear about how much such concepts are already happening and how much they lie in the future…. FT
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Synbio News • 05/06/09
Scientists predict a flu-free future
Imagine a future free of the threat of flu pandemics. Or of devices permanently inside our bodies hunting out the first signs of cancer and fighting it. How about an efficient way of making biodiesel tackling the oil shortage and ending the problem of food land being taken up?… Science, Health and the Environment
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Synbio News • 05/04/09
GENEART Synthesizes Genes for Swine Flu Vaccine in Record Speed
First constructs of H1N1 strain (swine flu) were delivered on Friday, May 1, 2009 to one of the top 10 pharma companies. GENEART emergency scenario enables production in 3-5 calendar days. Gene synthesis offers fastest and safest access to vaccines without need for highly pathogenic patient isolates….. Marketwire
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Synbio News • 05/01/09
Energy research centers unveiled
This week saw the US Department of Energy (DoE) announce $777 million in funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers while also releasing its first call for proposals from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Nature looks at the implications of the ongoing effort to expand federal energy and climate research… Nature
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