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Bhutkar%202005%20Synthetic%20biology. Legal Issues in Synthetic Biology. In their monthly column, Carlos María Romeo Casabona and Iñigo de Miguel Beriain, take a look at the legal issues in synthetic biology.

Legal Issues in Synthetic Biology

New opinion on IP! The Opinion of the General Advocate of the European Court of Justice, in relation with the case delivered on 10 March 2011, has been published. Its final conclusion is this: V – Conclusion. Synthetic biology: Life 2.0. "Public Interest" Groups Call for Synthetic Biology Regulation. By Kevin E.

"Public Interest" Groups Call for Synthetic Biology Regulation

Noonan -- A broad coalition of 111 public interest groups announced today a manifesto for containing "synthetic biology," a term with a loose definition (including "extreme genetic engineering") that includes efforts such as Craig Venter's to produce novel microorganisms to more traditional biotechnology efforts in transgenic plants and animals and other genetically modified organisms (see "Not Quite Artificial Life, But We're Getting Closer: Reactions to Venter's Synthetic Cell").

The effort was the occasion for a press conference this morning, hosted by the Friends of the Earth and featuring four speakers: Embor2009131. Inventing life: patent law and synthetic biology. With promises of improved medical treatments, greener energy and even artificial life, the field of synthetic biology has captured the public imagination and attracted significant government and commercial investment.

Inventing life: patent law and synthetic biology

This excitement reached a crescendo on 21 May 2010, when scientists at the J Craig Venter Institute in the United States announced that they had made a “self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell”. This was the first living cell to have an entirely human-made genome, which means that all of the cell’s characteristics were controlled by a DNA sequence designed by scientists. Ahc_asset_366070. Synthetic Biology Explained. FetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.