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Synthetic Life Leaves Britons 'Relaxed' and Unfazed
The potential of synthetic biology exploded into the public realm just a month ago, when entrepreneur Craig Venter of the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, announced that he and his colleagues had made a live bacterium containing a completely synthetic genome.
According to a UK government-funded "dialogue" with the public about synthetic biology, Britons are quite relaxed about synthetic life.
"We expected people to be very wary of claims about creating synthetic life, but they weren't. They were quite relaxed about it, and seemed to see it as a natural extension of biological knowledge," New Scientist quoted Brian Johnson, the independent consultant who led the exercise, as saying.
"Those with disabilities or illness were most keen because of the medical potential, whereas others urged caution till the societal and ethical issues had been considered," said Johnson.
Participants were most concerned about who was doing the research, for what reason, and who will benefit.
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