John L. Cesaroni (Quinnipiac): Designer Human Embryos as a Challenge for Patent Law and Regulation. Chester S. Chuang (Golden Gate) and Denys T. Lau (UIC): The Pros and Cons of Gene Patents. Edward Fallone (Marquette): Funding Stem Cell Research: The Convergence of Science, Religion and Politics in the Formation of Public Health Policy. Humans, disabilities, and the humanities: Michael Berube on how bioethics is much too important to be left to bioethicists. An interview with Sheldon Krimsky and Tania Simoncelli, coauthors of Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties. Bratislav Stankovic (Skopje): Patenting the Minotaur. Images of Frankenstein's monster or Faust's diabolic pact: We will never have an honest and open debate about in vitro fertilization or cloning until we can distinguish mythical fears from real and present dangers. Bioengineering synthetic life: James Collins makes discoveries about the actions of antibodies. Chromatin Evolving: Much about the function and evolution of the chromosome remains a mystery. How do hundreds of different types of cells all develop from the same genome? Here's an illustrated guide to epigenetics. Ten years on: Why a complete human genome mattered. 23andMe presents top 10 most interesting genetic findings of 2010. Gene Machine: Jonathan Rothberg's desktop decoder could kick off a revolution in medicine, food, energy, even consumer products — and ignite the next $100 billion technology market. Genetic engineering for good: Pam Roland modifies crops to feed the hungry and cut pesticide use. A new United Nations treaty on the equitable sharing of the planet’s wealth of genetic resources opened for signing. Engineers of the living world: By making bioengineered solutions to global problems openly available, we can transform the developing world. The new bioeconomy: How synthetic biology will bring us cheaper plastics by ruining the poorest nations on Earth (and more).
