Interface special issue on synthetic biology
“The scientific community must take, and be seen to be taking, a lead in debating the implications of their research and engaging with broader society”
Andrew Balmer and Paul Martin in their report 'Synthetic Biology: Social and Ethical Challenges' for the BBSRC
“Unlike many other engineering disciplines, biology does not yet possess a theory of what the minimal information about a biological part should be”
Adam Arkin of the University of California Berkeley, in his article 'Setting the standard in synthetic biology'
“Synthetic biology has huge potential to help us both further our understanding of natural biological systems and also develop new biologically-based systems to tackle future challenges”
Professor Nigel Brown of the BBSRC announcing seven new 'networks'
