Latest Posts

This post contains links to media, such as podcasts and video, concerned with synthetic biology: Podcast: Drew Endy, Jim Thomas “Synthetic Biology Debate”

Continue Reading...

This post contains links to news articles concerned with synthetic biology: A Life of Its Own: Where will synthetic biology lead us? While Darwin observed evolution, synthetic biologists are learning to control

Continue Reading...

The January 2010 issue of Nature features several pieces about synthetic biology. To access click here The December 2009 issue of Nature Biotechnology has a Focus on Synthetic Biology. The

Continue Reading...

The International Association of Synthetic Biology (IASB) has released a code of conduct for gene synthesis (click here for the press release). The Code, the first concerned with synthetic

Continue Reading...

Hope and Hype Explore-At-Bristol 7pm, 26th November 2009 Synthetic biology is an emerging area of scientific research at the interface of biology,  chemistry and engineering. The research promises cheaper and faster routes

Continue Reading...

Although developments in SynBio have progressed hand-in-hand with an awareness of ethical issues, it is time to consider some of the specificities of innovation in SynBio and the ethical issues

Continue Reading...

Ethical debates on SynBio have so far identified and initially explored some of the over-arching moral complexities that will arise from this promising technology. There is now a need for

Continue Reading...

SynBio may radically alter how health care is researched, managed and delivered. For example, synthetic synthesis of anti-malarial drugs may soon be possible. US researchers have built a new metabolic

Continue Reading...