Should We Synthesize A Human Genome?
Given that human genome synthesis is a technology that could be used to completely redefine the core of what now joins all of humanity together as a species, we argue that discussions of making such capacities real, like today's meeting at Harvard, should not take place without open and advance...
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| author | Endy, Drew Zoloth, Laurie |
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| description | Given that human genome synthesis is a technology that could be used to completely redefine the core of what now joins all of humanity together as a species, we argue that discussions of making such capacities real, like today's meeting at Harvard, should not take place without open and advance consideration of whether and under what circumstances it is morally right to proceed. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1024492025-02-27T21:05:22Z Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? Endy, Drew Zoloth, Laurie Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering synthetic biology genome synthesis human bioethics morality Given that human genome synthesis is a technology that could be used to completely redefine the core of what now joins all of humanity together as a species, we argue that discussions of making such capacities real, like today's meeting at Harvard, should not take place without open and advance consideration of whether and under what circumstances it is morally right to proceed. 2016-05-11T01:27:17Z 2016-05-11T01:27:17Z 2016-05-10 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102449 en_US Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | synthetic biology genome synthesis human bioethics morality Endy, Drew Zoloth, Laurie Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? |
| title | Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? |
| title_full | Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? |
| title_fullStr | Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? |
| title_short | Should We Synthesize A Human Genome? |
| title_sort | should we synthesize a human genome |
| topic | synthetic biology genome synthesis human bioethics morality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102449 |
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