Team:UEA-JIC Norwich/Human practices/Interviews

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University of East Anglia-JIC

Interviews

For our human practices we decided to answer the question "Is synthetic biology feared"? This was investigated by conducting small interviews in order to explore whether the topic of synthetic biology is feared and if so the reasons behind these fears.

  Interview One

  Interview Two

  Interview Three

  Interview Four

  Interview Five

  Interview Six

  Interview Seven

  Interview Eight

  Interview Nine

  Interview Ten

  Interview Eleven

  Interview Twelve
Quantitative Data:

In order to collect quantitative data, we showed participants the following images during an interview and asks them to determine whether they perceived the image as being under synthetic biology, genetic modification, natural, or a combination of both.

Figure 1 shows a Beagle dog, which 86% of the people we interviewed perceived to be natural. However, 14% concluded it may also be genetically modified in terms of selective breeding, although does not involve the introduction of genes from a different species, selective breeding can be seen as control over particular genetic traits.

	Fig 1a. Beagle Image. Fig 1b. Image data interpetation.
	Fig 2. Dr Vacanti's appendage donor mouse
	Fig 3. Wild Elephant
	Fig 4. E.coli expressing GFP
	Fig 5. Purple Tomatoes

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