Bioethics Forum EssayAre Arguments about GMO Safety Really About Something Else?The scientific consensus that food containing genetically modified organisms is safe seems ever stronger, yet the social controversy about GMOs seems only to grow as well. “Unhealthy Fixation,” a long article published...Read Are Arguments about GMO Safety Really About Something Else?Bioethics Forum EssaySacred versus Synthetic? Nature Preservationism and BiotechnologyOne of the long-term contributions of Earth Day is that it offers a regular, semi-official reminder that a sense of the sacred is a vital part of environmentalism. The spirit...Read Sacred versus Synthetic? Nature Preservationism and BiotechnologyBioethics Forum EssayGM Mosquitoes: Risks and EmotionsFor several years, a British company called Oxitec has been proposing a strategy for controlling a species of mosquito, Aedes aegypti, that humans have accidentally carried from Africa to other...Read GM Mosquitoes: Risks and EmotionsBioethics Forum EssaySynthetic Biology: A Study in ReinventionAn article in the October issue of Discover Magazine has a great line from Drew Endy, a bioengineer at Stanford University who has become one of the foremost public figures in the field of...Read Synthetic Biology: A Study in ReinventionBioethics Forum EssaySynthetic ChromosomesA team of scientists announced this week that it had successfully created one of the sixteen chromosomes found in yeast cells, marking a meaningful step forward in that part of...Read Synthetic ChromosomesBioethics Forum EssayCarefully Precautionary about Synthetic Biology?A statement released on March 13 by a collection of environmental and other organizations is the latest salvo in a global debate about how far the regulation of synthetic biology...Read Carefully Precautionary about Synthetic Biology?