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Planet of the Apes

If you find yourself at a loss for a Christmas present for a like-minded adult, might I suggest that you consider the new Planet of the Apes film, released last week on DVD and Blue Ray? It raises a lot of important ethical issues. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 22.12.11 15:24. Permalink

cc - photo by gruntzooki from Flickr
Categorie: Biotechnology, video

Deadly Monopolies by H. A. Washington, a book review

Washington's book reveals how human life is becoming a subsidiary of the medical industrial complex. A book review followed by a review of related articles. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Redazione FGB il 13.12.11 07:39. Permalink

Deadly Monopolies

Cristina Grasseni at the Harvard STS Circle

On Monday 28th of November long time Bassetti Foundation collaborator Dr Cristina Grasseni chaired a seminar at The STS Circle (Science, Technology and Society), part of the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Redazione FGB il 02.12.11 11:43. Permalink

Cristina Grasseni at the Harvard STS Circle
Read also: Cristina Grasseni's blog in English and in Italiano
Categorie: Biotechnology, Seminari

iGEM Synthetic Biology World Championships

In this post we review the 2011 iGEM World Championship Jamboree and take a look back at articles published on this site that address the topic of synthetic biology. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Redazione FGB il 15.11.11 09:08. Permalink

cc - photo by Alexander van Dijk from Flickr

Is Citizen Science Coming of Age?

In this post Jonny Hankins takes a look at a scientific breakthrough made by players of the online game 'Fold.it', and casts a glance at other citizen science projects. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 10.11.11 10:11. Permalink

cc - photo by gedankenstuecke from Flickr
Categorie: Biotechnology, Site

Prosthetic by choice?

Following on from the arguments raised during the discussion with athlete Marta Milani, this article looks at some of the issues posed by advances in prosthetic technology, and the issue of a patient's choice to amputate a hand in order to have a prosthetic hand fitted. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 25.07.11 12:09. Permalink

cc - photo by Dancing Lemur - from Flickr
Read also: Robotics. A new science by Fiorella Operto

Home genetic testing and the law

As a lead up to the presentation entitled that will be delivered by Margaret Curnutte here at the Bassetti Foundation in Milan on 16th May I would like to take a brief look at the way in which the legal community and governmental regulatory organizations view the problem of home genetic testing. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 13.05.11 10:53. Permalink

cc - photo by Markus Kison from Flickr
Categorie: Biotechnology, Eventi, Report, Site

The price of life of a premature baby

On Wednesday 9th March the BBC will air a documentary entitled 23 Week babies : The price of life in which director Adam Wishart addresses the problem of the cost involved in saving premature babies. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 07.03.11 10:11. Permalink

image from 'The Price of Life'
Read also: Sustainable Medicine: Two Models of Health Care by Daniel Callahan, and Drugs for People, not for Profit by Jonny Hankins.
Categorie: Biotechnology, video

The Genes and Patent issue

Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature... - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Redazione FGB il 08.11.10 11:09. Permalink

cc - photo by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from flickr
Leggi anche: Marcia indietro sulla brevettabilità dei geni di Margherita Fronte

Biologia sintetica

A Roma il 15 aprile si terrà un convegno dal titolo "La biologia sintetica. Dal corpo bionico al post-umano, passando per la bioeconomia" a cura dell'European Centre for Science, Ethics and Law. Consigli di lettura. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Redazione FGB il 29.03.10 16:02. Permalink

fotografia di macowell in Flickr
Leggi anche: L'etica del nuovo
Categorie: Biotechnology, Conference

Home DNA Testing for all the Family

On 17th November 2009 home DNA testing kits went on over the counter sale for the first time in high street chemists in the UK. These kits allow the DNA testing of a child's paternity and involve the taking of saliva from both the child and the 'alleged father's' mouth (their terminology) and its analysis. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 03.12.09 12:38. Permalink

photo by occam from Flickr
Categorie: Biotechnology

An Ethics For Emerging Technologies

In this article Jonny Hankins reviews a recent report entitled Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology; a review of the debates, published by the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 24.10.09 14:28. Permalink

photo by Alexander van Dijk from Flickr

An Introduction to Synthetic Biology

In this the first in a series of posting, Jonny Hankins takes a look at a recent Royal Academy of Engineering report concerning synthetic biology. - Leggi Leggi

Inserito da Jonny Hankins il 22.07.09 11:17. Permalink

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Categorie: Biotechnology

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