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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.

The Sins of Syn Bioby Jim Thomas, SlateFebruary 2nd, 2011How synthetic biology will bring us cheaper plastics by ruining the poorest nations on Earth.

Pigging out on genetically modified porkby Christina Stevens, Global NewsJanuary 24th, 2011Genetically engineered pork may one day become a part of your local grocer's food list. But who's to decide whether or not this product should be on the shelves?

Poor countries urged to get ready for synthetic biologyby Mico Tatalovic, SciDev NetJanuary 17th, 2011Will synthetic biology products be developed and commercialised before there is regulation and understanding of their environmental and societal impacts?

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