Fwd: Debate over DIYBio Plant with Synthetic Firefly Genes

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Jun 6, 2013, 3:22:27 AM6/6/13
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ETC Group is at it again.

From: L. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D. <sco...@grg.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:45 AM
Subject: [GRG] Debate over DIYBio Plant with Synthetic Firefly Genes
To: Gerontology Research Group <g...@lists.ucla.edu>


The apparent lack of regulatory oversight concerns Todd Kuiken, who studies the ethical implications of DIY biology at the Washington, D.C., think tank, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He told Nature that while the Glowing Plant Project does not seem especially risky, the regulatory precedents could prove more problematic with riskier projects in the future.



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