Difference between revisions of "Team:Bordeaux/Practices"
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<br>Three different approaches exist in synthetic biology: | <br>Three different approaches exist in synthetic biology: | ||
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− | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The metabolic engineering of the living beings by using <b>biobricks</b> (DNA sequences whose functions and assembly conditions are known). The biobricks are free of access on the WEB and can be synthesized on request. | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The metabolic engineering of the living beings by using <b>biobricks</b> (DNA sequences whose functions and assembly conditions are known). The biobricks are free of access on the WEB and can be synthesized on request. |
− | <p align="justify" > - The production of <b>minimal genomes</b> and <b>simplified organisms</b> where new functions can be added to realize a task. This approach is often used for the optimization of existing processes. | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The production of <b>minimal genomes</b> and <b>simplified organisms</b> where new functions can be added to realize a task. This approach is often used for the optimization of existing processes. |
− | <p align="justify" > - The synthesis of a <b>whole synthetic genome</b> that will be inserted in existing cell hosts or in synthetic cells. This field of synthetic biology may help scientists to understand how living organisms are created. | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The synthesis of a <b>whole synthetic genome</b> that will be inserted in existing cell hosts or in synthetic cells. This field of synthetic biology may help scientists to understand how living organisms are created. |
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<p align="justify">The organisms which come from these approaches can be used in both <b>industrial applications</b> (for example to produce drugs, biofuels, biomass or biopesticides) and in <b>basic research</b> as tools like biosensors (<a href"https://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge"target="_blank"><b>E. chromi</b></a> - Team Cambridge, 2009) or against pollution (<a href"https://2013.igem.org/Team:TU-Munic"target="_blank"><b>Physco Filter</b></a> - Team TU-Munich, 2013). | <p align="justify">The organisms which come from these approaches can be used in both <b>industrial applications</b> (for example to produce drugs, biofuels, biomass or biopesticides) and in <b>basic research</b> as tools like biosensors (<a href"https://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge"target="_blank"><b>E. chromi</b></a> - Team Cambridge, 2009) or against pollution (<a href"https://2013.igem.org/Team:TU-Munic"target="_blank"><b>Physco Filter</b></a> - Team TU-Munich, 2013). | ||
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<br>Among these committees we can state: | <br>Among these committees we can state: | ||
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− | < | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The European Commission |
− | < | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies |
− | < | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The Inter-service Group on Ethics and EU policies |
− | < | + | <p align="justify" style="line-height: 105%"> - The Executive Management for Research and Innovation |
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<p align="justify">Specifically for synthetic biology, a European project called <b>SYNBIOSAFE</b> approved by the European Commission has focused on ethics and safety of synthetic biology. In 2012, it published an <a href="http://www.biofaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/igem-biosafety-2013.pdf" target="_blank">article</a> concerning the bioethical and biosafety attentions in iGEM competitions.These two types of types of frameworks help the researcher to answer to many ethical questions arose on synthetic biology in the clearest way possible. | <p align="justify">Specifically for synthetic biology, a European project called <b>SYNBIOSAFE</b> approved by the European Commission has focused on ethics and safety of synthetic biology. In 2012, it published an <a href="http://www.biofaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/igem-biosafety-2013.pdf" target="_blank">article</a> concerning the bioethical and biosafety attentions in iGEM competitions.These two types of types of frameworks help the researcher to answer to many ethical questions arose on synthetic biology in the clearest way possible. |
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