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English

1 What do you think about our research on synthetic biology?

A it will do us more good than harm

B more harm than good

C it is a two-side weapon

D hard to tell

2 Do you believe that scientists can ultimately synthesis a entirely new creature?

A yes

B not really

C hard to tell

3 (based on question 2)If we can create new lives, whether do you think there will be any problem? If so, can you come up with possible solutions?

A Yes, it will cause problems. Solution:

B no

C hard to tell

Safety concerns:

1 pollutions: In 2002, EWimmer group synthesized the polio virus; 2002 years J.C.V ENTER synthesized the phage genome. In 2004, U.S. researchers synthesized the Spanish flu virus which in 1918 caused millions of death in the world. The problems caused by the release of these artificial lives deepened our worry. Do you think we should strengthen control and supervision in what aspects?

A strengthening synthetic biology and popularization of potential risk education

B make elaborate,accurate product safety manual for any synthetic product

C increase biological safety of all countries and the international committee of the audit scope, strengthen the biological safety guidelines of enforcement

D other suggestion __________________________

Biological weapons abuse:

1 in 2003, the CIA biological weapons evaluation for future development states that "the biological products are more terrible than any human known disease "; In 2006, the British defense ministry thinks that synthetic biology may affect the future military capability. As mentioned earlier although synthetic virus have no harm, but how to prevent such technology from developing into biological weapons still need to be considered.How,do you think ,that we can deal with this problem.

A to strengthen the local, national, and worldwide range of regulations.

B to ensure that the virus we make cannot survive in natural conditions

C other advice

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2 Based on the development of biology, whether do you think that there have appeared problems that violates the ethics or moral standard of human beings?

There is, for example:

A, in the future , the problem will continue to exist, but the basic status quo;

B, in the future, the problem will aggravate the adverse effects;

C, in the future, it will gradually reduce adverse effects.

D, no

E, don't know

The application and innovation of synthetic biology:

1, In iGEM 2007 the energy gold medal was given to Alberta university.Their projects mainly focus to the synthesis of butyl e. coli, hich not only reduces the production cost, but also reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Do you think that such technology can really solve the energy shortage?

A feasible

B not feasible

C it will be more helpful if we can find new energy resources

2, Do you think Escherichia coli can be used to make biological clock? Will you use it?

A you would like to use it for the reasons: 1 cheap 2 easily produced 3 4 others

B you don't want to use it for the reasons: 1 security problems 2 oscillation time may not last long 3 other concerns:

3, If in the future we can use e. coli as a camera.What virtue do you think this kind of camera may have?

A cheaper

B more sensitive

C easy to carry

D other _______

4, the major concerns of using E.coli as a camera lies in

A security problems

B pollution of the environment

C low resolution

D other _______

Chinese

1、 你觉得人类对于合成生物学的研究是：

A、利大于弊

B、弊大于利

C、二者相当

D、不确定

2、 你觉得未来人类生命科学能否做到自下而上地按照人为目的合成新的生命体：

A、能

B、不能

C、不确定

3、 （上一题选择A的回答）人类如果具备此种技术，是否将会存在潜在的危险？如果有，有什么好的方法可以避免危险的发生？

A、有，解决方案：

B、没有

C、不确定

合成生物学的安全性：

1、 对环境无控制排放：2002年，EWimmer小组合成了脊髓灰质炎病毒；2002年J.C.VENTER合成了噬菌体基因组；2004年，美国研究人员人工合成了1918年造成全世界上千万人死亡的西班牙流感病毒。这些人工合成生物的排放问题加深了我们的忧虑，你认为我们应该从哪些方面加强管制和监督？