NCOB seeks ethical solutions for building trust in engineering biology
Nuffield Council on Bioethics - 02-Jul-2024Proposes ethical pathways for profit and public trust challenges
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SynBio aims to create new biological components that don’t exist in nature – either from scratch or redesigning natural parts. Whether to start afresh or start with something that already works splits the two approaches to synthetic biology:
Although evolution has created some amazing machines, at every level from proteins to mammals, it is unguided and therefore may have missed opportunities whilst it was just trying to survive in the harsh environment.
Examples of applications within healthcare and life extension include:
Proposes ethical pathways for profit and public trust challenges
The method has potential for tissue repair and regenerative medicine
New technique delivers more genetic material, paving way for safer & effective gene therapies
Opening up the possibility of engineering complex organisms from scratch
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The book gives an exhaustive treatment of the biophysical properties of vesicles written by Pier Luigi Luisi
Book about synthetic genomics written by J. Craig Venter
Explores how the genetic revolution will transform us, our species and our world