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Team:BIOTEC Dresden/Ethics
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</p>-industry and energy</p> | </p>-industry and energy</p> | ||
</p>-other (you can also give your own application area)</p> | </p>-other (you can also give your own application area)</p> | ||
| - | </p>Scores distributed approximately equally with most for medicine and least for farming. For us, It is hard to decide which ones are the most important but we are also for health and long life (pure egoists)</p> | + | </p> <i> Scores distributed approximately equally with most for medicine and least for farming. For us, It is hard to decide which ones are the most important but we are also for health and long life (pure egoists) </i> </p> |
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</p><B> 3. Is there an order for you in terms of ethics regarding gene manipulation performed on bacteria, plants, animals (except humans)? If yes give a score for each group (1 is least ethical).</B></p> | </p><B> 3. Is there an order for you in terms of ethics regarding gene manipulation performed on bacteria, plants, animals (except humans)? If yes give a score for each group (1 is least ethical).</B></p> | ||
</p>-YES -NO</p> | </p>-YES -NO</p> | ||
</p>-Bacteria -Plants A-nimals </p> | </p>-Bacteria -Plants A-nimals </p> | ||
| - | </p>Least ethical for animals but nobody cares how would a bacteria feel like. </p> | + | </p> <i> Least ethical for animals but nobody cares how would a bacteria feel like. </i> </p> |
</p><B>4. Could you list one or two main potential risks (for health, environment) arising from the use of genetically modified organisms. </B></p> | </p><B>4. Could you list one or two main potential risks (for health, environment) arising from the use of genetically modified organisms. </B></p> | ||
</p>-for health:</p> | </p>-for health:</p> | ||
</p>-for environment:</p> | </p>-for environment:</p> | ||
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| - | </p>Most of the answers were too general and focused around the words “uncontrolled”, “unpredictable” and “side effects”. Did Hollywood have its contribution? </p> | + | </p> <i> Most of the answers were too general and focused around the words “uncontrolled”, “unpredictable” and “side effects”. Did Hollywood have its contribution? </i> </p> |
</p> <B>5. Synthetic biology represents the design and construction of new biological entities such as enzymes, genetic circuits, and cells, or the redesign of existing biological systems for a specific use. Do you think there are any ethical restrictions to practicing it? </B> </p> | </p> <B>5. Synthetic biology represents the design and construction of new biological entities such as enzymes, genetic circuits, and cells, or the redesign of existing biological systems for a specific use. Do you think there are any ethical restrictions to practicing it? </B> </p> | ||
</p>-YES -NO</p> | </p>-YES -NO</p> | ||
| - | </p>More than 70 % think there ARE ethical restrictions. Oh yes, there are! Ask Craig Venter.</p> | + | </p> <i> More than 70 % think there ARE ethical restrictions. Oh yes, there are! Ask Craig Venter.</i> </p> |
</p> <B> 6. If yes do you think the potential advantages are overweighting the possible ethical problems. </B> </p> | </p> <B> 6. If yes do you think the potential advantages are overweighting the possible ethical problems. </B> </p> | ||
</p>-YES -NO</p> | </p>-YES -NO</p> | ||
| - | </p>About 56% from the entire pool answered yes. Surely yes, but maybe we are to mad about IGEM for our opinion to be trusted.</p> | + | </p> <i> About 56% from the entire pool answered yes. Surely yes, but maybe we are to mad about IGEM for our opinion to be trusted.</i> </p> |
</p> <B> 7. How would you regard deliberate synthetic biology competitions among undergraduate students which include designing of genetically modified organisms with the aim to find solutions to various global problems. </B> </p> | </p> <B> 7. How would you regard deliberate synthetic biology competitions among undergraduate students which include designing of genetically modified organisms with the aim to find solutions to various global problems. </B> </p> | ||
</p>-I approve -I disapprove </p> | </p>-I approve -I disapprove </p> | ||
| - | </p>78% approved. Niiiice! We skipped telling that the team members SHOULD HAVE FUN doing their bacteria-Frankensteins! After all, it is kind of internal information. Still we have to be careful when walking home since there are 12% left which not really agree. Maybe we shouldn’t have weared all this time the IGEM badge?!</p> | + | </p> <i> 78% approved. Niiiice! We skipped telling that the team members SHOULD HAVE FUN doing their bacteria-Frankensteins! After all, it is kind of internal information. Still we have to be careful when walking home since there are 12% left which not really agree. Maybe we shouldn’t have weared all this time the IGEM badge?! </i> </p> |
</p> <B> Do you think the outcome is greater than the risks?</B> </p> | </p> <B> Do you think the outcome is greater than the risks?</B> </p> | ||
</p>-YES -NO</p> | </p>-YES -NO</p> | ||
| - | </p> 87% think yes </p> | + | </p> <i> 87% think yes </i> </p> |
</p> <B> 9. Do you think that creation of bacterial based biosensors for testing isolated blood samples from humans for certain diseases is in contradiction with any known moral rules or is posing any significant risks? </B> </p> | </p> <B> 9. Do you think that creation of bacterial based biosensors for testing isolated blood samples from humans for certain diseases is in contradiction with any known moral rules or is posing any significant risks? </B> </p> | ||
</p>-YES -NO</p> | </p>-YES -NO</p> | ||
</p>If Yes, please list some of them</p> | </p>If Yes, please list some of them</p> | ||
| - | </p>97% answered NO (except 1 person). </p> | + | </p> <i>97% answered NO (except 1 person). </i> </p> |
| - | </p>As expected! if it was a YES, we would have sent our T-shirts to the Jamboree (they are nice ) or would have faked the answer to this question or would have deleted it at all. But no, IT IS HERE. | + | </p> <i> As expected! if it was a YES, we would have sent our T-shirts to the Jamboree (they are nice ) or would have faked the answer to this question or would have deleted it at all. But no, IT IS HERE. |
| - | Regarding the risks, I can only imagine glowing intestines, but don’t think too much over this… (these poor lab bacteria can’t leave their juicy LB).</p> | + | Regarding the risks, I can only imagine glowing intestines, but don’t think too much over this… (these poor lab bacteria can’t leave their juicy LB)</i>.</p> |
</p> <B> 10. If such biosensor systems would be much more sensitive than some of the currently used detection techniques and could make a big difference to the efficiency of disease diagnosis, would you grant its massive use along with the already established detection methods (considering that it is a transgenic organism)? </B> </p> | </p> <B> 10. If such biosensor systems would be much more sensitive than some of the currently used detection techniques and could make a big difference to the efficiency of disease diagnosis, would you grant its massive use along with the already established detection methods (considering that it is a transgenic organism)? </B> </p> | ||
</p></p> | </p></p> | ||
| - | </p>95% Yes. Straight way to thinking about a business</p> | + | </p> <i> 95% Yes. Straight way to thinking about a business </i> </p> |
</p> <B>GO, IGEMolution! (our official phrase during the Bioolympics event , copyrighted, you can’t use it without permission) </B></p> | </p> <B>GO, IGEMolution! (our official phrase during the Bioolympics event , copyrighted, you can’t use it without permission) </B></p> | ||
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