Synthetic Biology: Public dialogue on synthetic biology

Contents
Executive summary
1. Introduction
1.1 Method
1.2 Project objectives
1.3 Structure of the report
1.4 Terminology
2. Methodology
2.1 <strong>Public</strong> Dialogue
2.2 <strong>Public</strong> <strong>dialogue</strong> – meeting 1
2.3 <strong>Public</strong> <strong>dialogue</strong> – meeting 2
2.4 Internet forum
2.5 Omnibus survey
3. Context
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The participants
3.3 The respondents
3.4 Other research
3.5 Findings
4. Awareness, perceptions and understandings
4.1 Perceptions of scientific research
4.2 Awareness of synthetic biology
4.3 Perceptions and understandings of synthetic biology
4.4 Informed perceptions and understandings of synthetic biology
4.4 Summary
5. Attitudes to creating and modifying life
5.1 Creating life
5.2 Modifying life
5.3 Man-made organisms
5.4 Summary
6. Views on the development of synthetic biology
6.1 Biosafety – environmental releases
6.2 Biosafety - outputs
6.3 Biosecurity
6.4 Microbes within the body
6.5 Regulation and access
6.6 Intellectual property
6.7 Developing countries
6.8 Funding and support
6.9 Communication and information
6.10 Summary
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