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Do the potential contributions to society warrant the potential risks inherent in synthetic biology?
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Readings (just a sample) What is synthetic biology? ( pdf )A Life of Its Own ( pdf )Our Synthetic Futures
plus some links to older articles: How to Make Life Life Reinvented
Other Student-Written BioEthics Essays about Synthetic Biology "Four suggestions for addressing public concern regarding synthetic biology" Journal of Biological Engineering 2010, 4:7 (9 June 2010)"Mapping the moral boundaries of biological engineering"
Journal of Biological Engineering 2009, 3:7 (8 May 2009)"Synthetic biology: enormous possibility, exaggerated perils"
Journal of Biological Engineering 2008, 2:7 (25 April 2008)
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