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Cloning vs. Conservation[Opinion]by John Rennie, Smart PlanetDecember 20th, 2011Cloning is a dangerous and misguided substitute for the preservation of biodiversity.

Bioengineers Debate Use of Military Moneyby Erika Check Hayden, Nature NewsNovember 22nd, 2011US Department of Defense’s call for greener ways to make explosives worries synthetic biologists.

New Buzz around Biological Hazardsby Emily Beitiks, Biopolical TimesNovember 1st, 2011Recent reports highlight emerging biological engineering risks that might not be all that different from threats of bioterrorism, though the context of development surely differs.

Lab Fight Raises U.S. Security Issuesby Jennifer Gollan, New York TimesOctober 22nd, 2011Biosafety expert Paul Rabinow resigned from the UC Berkeley-led Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, and asserted that the Center is not doing enough to prevent a biological disaster.

Yet Another Idea for Using Biotechnology to Rescue Endangered Speciesby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesSeptember 8th, 2011Scientists have reprogrammed skin cells from two endangered species into stem cells, and hope to use them to generate gametes, which has provoked press speculation.

Is Public Health and Safety Being Considered in the Construction of LBNL's New Biolab in Berkeley?by Jeremy Gruber, Tina Stevens, and Becky McClain, The Berkeley Daily PlanetAugust 8th, 2011Experiments at the planned UC Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute raise concerns about worker safety, public health and environmental safety.

New rules urged on hybrid animal-human experimentsby Ben Hirschler, ReutersJuly 21st, 2011A group of leading British researchers say that scientific experiments that insert human genes or cells into animals need new rules to ensure they are ethically acceptable.

Programming a Fetus for a Healthier Lifeby Shirley S. Wang, Wall Street JournalJuly 5th, 2011A study just getting under way is taking "early intervention" to a new extreme: targeting fetuses still developing in the womb.

EU talks over cloned meat collapseby Alistair Driver, Farmers GuardianMarch 29th, 2011EU talks on the regulation of food from cloned animals have collapsed again, leaving the issue clouded in doubt.

EU institutions clash over animal cloning regulationsby Jennifer Rankin, EuropeanVoice.comMarch 24th, 2011Only days are left to break the cloning deadlock, while Members of Parliament demand a ban on food from offspring of clones.

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