Risk and Culture: Is Synthetic Biology Different?

Risk and Culture: Is Synthetic Biology Different?

Ethical Debates on Synthetic Biology

Background: As an emerging interdisciplinary area of science with a multitude of potential facilities and applications, synthetic biology integrates different disciplines with one another ranging from basic science to engineering. This interdisciplinary branch therefore encompasses sciences that require specific development and ethical approaches. Materials and Methods: Science management princ...

What exactly is synthetic biology?

Artificial everything: Steven Benner’s group made the first artificial gene encoding a protein and has since then moved on to create a whole range of non-natural molecular biology ingredients. (Photo: courtesy of Steven Benner.) Life is notoriously difficult to define. As our chances of discovering extraterrestrial life are gradually improving, astrobiology is still struggling to define what on...

Cell Suspension Culture, Somatic Embryo Genetic and Synthetic Seed Production in Different Cultivars of Potato

Extended Abstract Introduction and Objective: In order to overcome the contamination problems, as well as the usual method of increasing potato through micro tuber, micropropagation has been considered through tissue culture. The aim of this study was to evaluate the callus induction and embryogenesis in potato cultivars using leaf explants. Material and Methods: For this purpose, micropropa...

Cultural Cognition and Synthetic Biology Risk Perceptions: A Preliminary Analysis