#biotechnology

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Biotechnologies Report

In December of last year the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a report entitled Emerging Biotechnologies: technology, choice and the public good. In this post Jonathan Hankins reviews the report and its findings and recommendations. According to the guide that accompanies the report, it ‘is intended to stimulate thinking in a variety of contexts in ... Nuffield Council on Bioethics Biotechnologies Report

Jonathan Hankins

18/01
2013 8mn
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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

08/05
2012 5mn
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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

08/05
2012 4mn
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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

08/05
2012 7mn
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Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?

In what I can only describe as a further move in the technologozation of foodstuff provisioning, Dutch Scientists recently announced that they had grown artificial meat from stem cells in an experiment that they hope could provide an alternative source of meat food production for the planet. Still in its infancy, this form of meat ... Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?

Jonathan Hankins

05/03
2012 5mn
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Planet of the Apes

If you find yourself at a loss for a Christmas present for a like-minded adult, might I suggest that you consider the new Planet of the Apes film, released last week on DVD and Blue Ray? A strange idea you might think, but interestingly enough the film addresses many of the issues that we have ... Planet of the Apes

Jonathan Hankins

22/12
2011 4mn
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Government Investment and Cuts in Biodefense Research

This month has been rather somber here in the US as the country remembered those that died on September 11 2001, and the effects upon society of that day. One aspect that is cropping up in the press and scientific journals regards government spending on biodefense in the aftermath of the anthrax attacks that followed ... Government Investment and Cuts in Biodefense Research

Jonathan Hankins

30/09
2011 8mn
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Science: September’s special edition on synthetic biology

On September 2 the US based journal science published a special edition on synthetic biology, a topic that has been debated through several article on this website. The journal was not entirely devoted to this single argument, although it contained several articles and reviews addressing the problem in a special edition section. The following is ... Science: September’s special edition on synthetic biology

Jonathan Hankins

20/09
2011 5mn
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Teaching science in schools, some ideas

Science learning in the classroom presents the opportunity for teachers to introduce the problems of ethics and responsibility at an early age. In this post we look at 3 UK based projects that all aim to develop science teaching and involve the students in innovative ways. The BBC news website carries an interesting article about ... Teaching science in schools, some ideas

Redazione FGB

04/07
2011 2mn
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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

16/05
2011 1mn
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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

16/05
2011 1mn
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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

16/05
2011 1mn
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