Team:Tsinghua/HumanPractice
From 2010.igem.org
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Ethics
BioEthics regarding the Biological Ethics, discussing about biological issues, have been debated since ancient times. Bioethical issues gained widespread attention in recent years and are often extremely morally contentious. Considerable societal conflict exists regarding fundamental clinical issues such as: defining the beginning and end of life; appropriate standards of care; and broader environmental issues with potential social and health impacts such as growth of genetically-modified organisms and their use in the food supply.
Here in Tsinghua iGEM 2010 Team, we are now focusing on some parts of BioEthics, such as appropriate standards of care,
broader environmental issues with potential social and health impacts, impact of our products to be used in the manufacture and how to spread our ideas to make more people get this knowledge.
BioEthics in Tsinghua iGEM
Safety
According to the WHO biosafety is the prevention of unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins, or their accidental release, whereas biosecurity is the prevention of loss, theft, misuse, diversion or intentional release of pathogens and toxins. (From https://2010.igem.org/Safety)
We are always paying special care to the safety of our teammates and the people around. Thus we signed a document to keep in rules about the Safety in Laboratory, not only to protect ourselves but also help to keep a clean and healthy environment.
Tsinghua iGEM 2010 Safety Manual
Activities
Shanghai Meetup
More Info at 2010 iGEM China meetup
This year, on August 5th, teams from universities in China,
SJTU-BioX-Shanghai,
Tsinghua,
Peking,
ECUST-Shanghai,
USTC,
USTC_Software,
ZJU-China
and Sun Yat-sen University all gathered in Shanghai and had a nice day at the iGEM 2010 China Meetup.