Power and responsibility
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| Title: | Power and responsibility |
| Author: | Brent, Roger |
| Issue Date: | 2006-11-21 |
| Abstract: | Peter Parker and Uncle Ben are on my mind. The reason is that is that a month ago I was jumped by Craig Venter. There were TV cameras around. The live audience was an interesting, edgy mix, on the interface between "technology", meaning computer technology, and culture/ media/ journalism; I had just given a closely prepared talk on the history, promises, and perils of biology, 20 minutes from solar system formation to origin of life to photosynthesis to agriculture to Asilomar to now; and I had paid particular attention to the existing threat from remade and lightly engineered viruses, and the various technology-empowered approaches that could contribute to a defense against unpredictable viral and bacterial pathogens. The whole set of ways the defense strategy needs to shift. |
| Description: | A commentary from Roger Brent on synthetic biology and its relation to issues of personal responsibility and biological security. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34913 |
| Keywords: | synthetic biology, responsibility |
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