CH391L/S13/Ethics

Ethical considerations for practicing synthetic biology

• "Improving" Nature / Playing God
• Bioterrorism
• Ecological disasters
• ...

iGEM teams are required to document their safety practices and the ethical implications of their projects[1].

Safety Guidelines[1]

International

• World Health Organisation
  • Laboratory Biosafety Manual
• Convention on Biological Diversity
  • The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  • Biosafety Clearing House

USA

• National Institute of Health
  • Institutional Biosafety Committees
  • Guidelines For Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
• American Biological Safety Association
• Centre for Disease Control
  • Office of Health and Safety

Conferences

• Asilomar Conference (1975)
• SynBioSafe Project

References

1. http://igem.org/Safety