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Synbio News • 04/22/09
Brewing with Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology rests on the hope that biological “parts” like DNA and proteins can be engineered and assembled just like a machine or computer circuit, but the field still has some way to go before this is the case. As much as biologists know about the structure and function of biological molecules, their behavior when interacting with one another is still unpredictable….. MIT Technology Review
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Synbio News • 07/05/07
Will Synthetic Biology Catch Government By Surprise?
Synthetic biology — the emerging science of creating genomes, cellular components and even whole cellular organisms from scratch — confronts regulators with some tricky problems. Wired Science
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Synbio News • 07/05/07
Synthetic Biology Under Government Surveillance…and Liking It?
George Church, director of Harvard’s Center for Medical Genetics and a synthetic biology policy wonk, feels that synthetic biologists ought to be under government surveillance — and if they don’t like it, they should pick another field. Wired Science
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Publication • 09/18/08
Poll: Risks and Benefits of Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnology
Nearly nine in 10 Americans say they have heard just a little or nothing at all about synthetic biology
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Synbio News • 09/15/08
Hackers aim to make biology household practice
In a third-floor loft where programmers build Internet start-ups, Mackenzie Cowell is talking about the tools he and like-minded young colleagues are using to fuel what they hope will be the next big thing in biology… Boston Globe
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Synbio News • 07/16/10
U.S. Panel Weighs Guidelines for Synthetic Biology
Last week, the United States began the highest review to date—in the president’s bioethics commission—of problems that could come out of the young field of synthetic biology. Close oversight is needed, they said; others worried that new rules could stifle research. Science Now
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