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Ethics

Public Health

Synthetic biology is a rapidly emerging field, but it is still in a very early stage of its development. Therefore, it is vital to encourage debate with relevant stock holders and the general public in order to investigate the ethics that arise from this research.

PEALS

On the 1st of August, our team had a discussion with the executive director, Professor Janice McLaughlin from Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Centre regarding ethics and biosafety. She helped us identify the relevant sock holders to our project and brought our attention to some topics that we may wish to explore further.

Agriculture

Scientists

The Public

Environmental Safety

Pros and Cons

The Future

Synthetic Biology and Architecture

References

Newcastle University The Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology Newcastle Biomedicine The School of Computing Science The School of Computing Science