Artificial life: let the people decide - opinion - 01 July 2010 - New Scientist: "LAST month, Craig Venter and his team put synthetic biology centre stage when they created 'artificial life'. They stitched together a genome from small stretches of DNA and transplanted it into a cell, which then started replicating.
'Synthia' is an important advance. But, like claims that genetically modified crops would quickly feed the world, the hype over synthetic biology may tempt governments to divert scarce resources from technologies that are already proven. The claims for 'synbio' include the possibility of generating organisms able to halt climate change by absorbing excess carbon. All in the name of a public effectively excluded from setting goals for research."
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