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Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3

(…continues from the previous entry). During the afternoon panel Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance explained her interest in creating partnerships between genetic databases in order to use the massive number of participants and wealth of genetic materials available but currently divided between different databases. She talked about the need to move the information about ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3

Jonathan Hankins

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2

(…continues from the previous entry). On the following day the Harvard STS program hosted a workshop entitled Architectures for Life to continue the debate. Guests and speakers included many world leaders in the field of genetics including George Church of the Harvard and Wyss Institute, who took part in the opening panel of the day ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2

Jonathan Hankins

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1

On the 17th of April I attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe. The event which was entitled “Deleterious Me: Whole Genome Sequencing, 23andMe, and the Crowd-Sourced Health Care Revolution” was part of the Science and Democracy lecture series, organized by Sheila Jasanoff at the John F ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1

Jonathan Hankins

Consuming Genomes – 5/5

Event: Consuming Genomes. Title: Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States. Date: 2011 05 16 Time: 29 min. Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26469913 On May 16th 2011 Margaret Curnutte gave her talk at the Foundation premises on “Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United ... Consuming Genomes – 5/5

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Margareth Curnutte
Piero Bassetti

Consuming Genomes – 4/5

Event: Consuming Genomes. Title: Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States. Date: 2011 05 16 Time: 19 min. Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26469351 On May 16th 2011 Margaret Curnutte gave her talk at the Foundation premises on “Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United ... Consuming Genomes – 4/5

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Giuseppe Testa
Margareth Curnutte

Consuming Genomes – 3/5

Event: Consuming Genomes. Title: Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States. Date: 2011 05 16 Time: 37 min. Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26467191 On May 16th 2011 Margaret Curnutte gave her talk at the Foundation premises on “Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United ... Consuming Genomes – 3/5

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Francesca Petrella
Margareth Curnutte

Consuming Genomes – 2/5

Event: Consuming Genomes. Title: Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States. Date: 2011 05 16 Time: 34 min. Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26465651 On May 16th 2011 Margaret Curnutte gave her talk at the Foundation premises on “Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United ... Consuming Genomes – 2/5

Margareth Curnutte

Consuming Genomes – 1/5

Event: Consuming Genomes. Title: Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States. Date: 2011 05 16 Time: 10 min. Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26465416 On May 16th 2011 Margaret Curnutte gave her talk at the Foundation premises on “Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United ... Consuming Genomes – 1/5

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Margareth Curnutte

The ‘moral imperative’ of biotech food

Among the many U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks is one that details U.S. pressure on the Vatican to change its stance on agricultural biotechnology. U.S. officials stated “We will continue to press the “moral imperative” of biotech, publicizing and sharing data that show the economic benefit of these technologies to farmers, and explaining the ... The ‘moral imperative’ of biotech food

A short review: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

Last week we put online a new publication of the Foundation Bassetti entitled “Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility”, written by Jeff Ubois and available in hard copy, downloadable pdf or Issuu (on line) versions. The publication is a resume’ of conversations conducted between Mr Ubois and 12 internationally renowned innovators and thinkers and features ... A short review: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility

by Jeff Ubois Index of this page: – The booklet in Issuu – Introduction – Table Of Contents – Clip video – Cover See also a short review by Jonathan Hankins in Focus section. The Fondazione Giannino Bassetti’s new publication, Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility highlights approaches to responsibility in innovation taken by leading ... Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility

Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 2)

(An interview with Dr. Thomas Murray – …continues from the previous entry) Ubois:Great, I really wanted to ask you about cognitive enhancement. A friend of mine just came from a global meeting of international engineers, and there were large delegation from two companies, and both delegations were talking about how many people in the company ... Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 2)