The new statement was presented today by the Presidents of the three organisations, Professors Matthias Kleiner (DFG), Reinhard Hüttl (acatech) and Volker ter Meulen (Leopoldina), at a press conference in Berlin. In four chapters totalling 40 pages, the research policy paper takes a stance o
n selected research fields, current challenges, and the safety and ethical issues raised by the forward-looking research field of synthetic biology. In synthetic biology, two research approaches predominate: on the one hand, inanimate substances are used to construct “the building blocks of life“. These are then combined to form a living organism. On the other, researchers attempt to remove components from natural organisms and replace them with others in order to create artificial life forms. These methods are based on the advances in gene technology, in particular the technical feasibility of increasingly rapidly decoding genetic information and re-synthesising it. In the medium term, the potential applications of synthetic biology range from medicine and environmental technology right through to biotechnology.
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n selected research fields, current challenges, and the safety and ethical issues raised by the forward-looking research field of synthetic biology. In synthetic biology, two research approaches predominate: on the one hand, inanimate substances are used to construct “the building blocks of life“. These are then combined to form a living organism. On the other, researchers attempt to remove components from natural organisms and replace them with others in order to create artificial life forms. These methods are based on the advances in gene technology, in particular the technical feasibility of increasingly rapidly decoding genetic information and re-synthesising it. In the medium term, the potential applications of synthetic biology range from medicine and environmental technology right through to biotechnology.For further details visit as : http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=12933
