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Synthetic Biology Analysed - Tools for Discussion and Evaluation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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Synthetic Biology Analysed - Tools for Discussion and Evaluation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, 44
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Synthetic biology is a dynamic, young, ambitious, attractive, and
heterogeneous scientific discipline. It is constantly developing
and changing, which makes societal evaluation of this emerging new
science a challenging task, prone to misunderstandings. Synthetic
biology is difficult to capture, and confusion arises not only
regarding which part of synthetic biology the discussion is about,
but also with respect to the underlying concepts in use. This book
offers a useful toolbox to approach this complex and fragmented
field. It provides a biological access to the discussion using a
'layer' model that describes the connectivity of synthetic or
semisynthetic organisms and cells to the realm of natural organisms
derived by evolution.Instead of directly reviewing the field as a
whole, firstly our book addresses the characteristic features of
synthetic biology that are relevant to the societal discussion.
Some of these features apply only to parts of synthetic biology,
whereas others are relevant to synthetic biology as a whole. In the
next step, these new features are evaluated with respect to the
different areas of synthetic biology. Do we have the right words
and categories to talk about these new features? In the third step,
traditional concepts like "life" and "artificiality" are
scrutinized with regard to their discriminatory power. This
approach may help to differentiate the discussion on synthetic
biology. Lastly our refined view is utilized for societal
evaluation. We have investigated the public views and attitudes to
synthetic biology. It also includes the analysis of ethical, risk
and legal questions, posed by present and future practices of
synthetic biology.This book contains the results of an
interdisciplinary research project and presents the authors' main
findings and recommendations. They are addressed to science,
industry, politics and the general public interested in this
upcoming field of biotechnology.
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