Which of the following statement about the book entitled "Synthetic Biology: The Technoscience and Its Societal Consequences (2010)" are correct?
A. Some of the potential benefits of synthetic biology, such as the development of low-cost drugs or the production of chemicals and energy by engineered bacteria are enormous. There are, however, also potential and perceived risks due to deliberate or accidental damage.
B. Also, ethical issues of synthetic biology just start being explored, with hardly any ethicists specifically focusing on the area of synthetic biology.
C. This book will be the first of its kind focusing particularly on the safety, security and ethical concerns and other relevant societal aspects of this new emerging field. The community and informed stakeholders recognize this need, but up to now discussions are fragmentary.
D. This book will be the first comprehensive overview on relevant societal issues of synthetic biology, setting the scene for further important discussions within the scientific community and with civil society.
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ThemajorethicalconcernswithALife&syntheticbiologyare:
A. Concernedthecreationofnewlifeforms&newspecies
B. biorisk,biosafety,biosecurity
C. impactonhumanhealth & current basic biological concepts (e.g. evolution)
D. environmentalrisk&impact
Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthesynthesisofyeastgenomearecorrect?
A. In2009,thefirstsyntheticyeastgenomeproject(Sc.2.0project)waslaunchedtoredesignandchemicallysynthesizetheentireSaccharomycescerevisiaegenome.
B. In2011,therightarmofchromosome9&theleftarmofchromosome6weresuccessfullychemicallysynthesized.
C. In2017,fiveredesignedyeastchromosomeswerecompleted;thisaccomplishmentrepresentsoverone-thirdoftheSc.2.0project.Duringthisproject,scientistsgraduallyestablishedbasicprinciplesandmethodologiesforthedesignandsynthesisofyeastartificialchromosomes.
D. BioStudio,asoftwarefordesignandreprogrammingofacompletegenomeoncomputers,hasalsobeenpublished.Recently,16naturalchromosomesofS.cerevisiaeweresuccessfullyfusedintoasinglechromosome,similartothatfoundinprokaryoticcells;theartificialS.cerevisiaestillhasnormalcellularfunctions.
In June 2016, a group of leading synthetic biologists announced that they will launch a Human Genome Project-Write (HGP-Write) federation, which will develop the relevant synthetic-biology technology required to chemically synthesize the human genome. The technology, once established, will be applied to address many challenges, such as human organ transplantation, ultrasafe cells resistant to natural viruses, and the development of new therapeutic cell lines with resistance to cancer. The news again caused public discomfort and significant debates on the ethics of cutting-edge biological research.
A. Will research involve implantation of DNA into human embryonic cells? How should regulators deal with fairness in light of the high cost of the technology? Will the technology become a privilege for the rich?
B. The misuse of outcomes of the HGP-Write project may increase public fear of technology.
C. Although scientists have claimed that the project is not-for-profit, private investment may be involved; will the achievements of this project be monopolized by a few powerful companies, and only in developed countries?
D. At its second annual meeting in May 2017, the federation agreed that all ethical, social, and legal issues must be carefully studied in parallel with technology development, and a working group on ethical, social, and legal implications was formed to conduct an open discussion and ensure ethical boundaries of the project.
An efficient watermarking system in synthetic biology should have the following features:
A. The watermark does not influence the phenotype of the synthetic organism.
B. The watermark is not resistant to gene mutation.
C. The watermark can be identified and recovered by private or governmental authorizing entities for strain management.
D. The DNA watermark is resistant to a malicious attack.
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