Regulating Biotechnology as though Gene Function Mattered

Designing as if trust mattered

Historically, builders of CSCW tools have not focused on the creation of trust among users as a critical design goal. Yet, high levels of trust produce a number of benefits, including reduced coordination and communication costs. These benefits are particularly salient and desirable for geographically distributed workers. Therefore, to the extent that support for geographically distributed work...

Health care as if health mattered.

THERE IS CONSENSUS ABOUT THE NEED FOR FUNDAMENtal change in the US health care system and there has beenattentiontotheimportantproblemsofinadequate access and increasing costs. But the most serious shortcoming—that the nation’s health system is not designed to maximize health—has been overshadowed. Individuals in theUnitedStatesreceiveonlyabouthalftherecommendedmedical services. Only 43% of ind...

Producing colorful aquarium fish by gene transfer biotechnology

In this article, it tries to highlight the importance of the ornamental fish species industry in the world and Iran. It implicates the gene transfer method being able to produce aquarium fish species possessing special characteristics. Then, a variety of genes and promoters which can create colorful aquarium fish are defined. Finally, we recommend that researchers use the gene transfer biotechn...

Capitalism beyond harmonious equilibrium: mathematics as if human agency mattered

Narrating a world of flux entails moving away from equilibrium-oriented thinking toward considerations of emergence, uncertain futures, and unintended consequences. This is not the exclusive domain of the qualitative theory construction and analysis that has dominated such thinking in sociospatial theory: it is also involved in mathematical theory construction. It requires a relational approach...

How functional programming mattered