Publications

BIOLOGÍA SINTÉTICA: Creando vida artificial

Mientras la Conferencia de las Partes (COP) considera directrices para los temas nuevos e incipientes que pueden tener implicaciones sobre la biodiversidad, y lucha por la adopción de un protocolo sobre acceso y reparto de beneficios (ABS), la industria de la biología sintética desarrolla rápidamente la capacidad de construir formas de vida sintéticas. Las repercusiones de esto para la diversidad biológica son desconocidas, pero podrían ser devastadoras. Además, mediante biología sintética se puede manipular los organismos naturales de forma mucho más vasta que antes, lo cual además abre las puertas para nuevas patentes monopólicas fuera del control de los Estados  o de los pueblos indígenas.

 A varias décadas del desarrollo de las técnicas para hacer ADN recombinante, una nueva serie de tecnologías genéticas está cambiando la forma en que la industria manipula la vida. La biología... Leer más

Briefing and Recommendations for Delegates to CBD COP 10 in Nagoya

As the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ponders guidelines for considering new and emerging issues that may have implications for biodiversity – and struggles to adopt a protocol on access and benefit sharing (ABS) – researchers in synthetic biology are developing the capacity to construct synthetic life forms. The repercussions for biological diversity are unknown but could be devastating. Natural organisms, too, may be “tweaked” using synthetic biology to allow for patent monopolies beyond the reach of state sovereignty or of indigenous peoples.  

 

Several decades after the development of recombinant DNA techniques, a new set of genetic technologies is once again changing the way industry manipulates life. Synthetic biology applies digital and engineering approaches to building life forms from scratch using synthetic DNA and... Leer más

ETC Group News Release 24 January 2008 www.etcgroup.org

Venter Institute Builds Longest Sequence of Synthetic DNA (that Doesn’t Work)  “It’s not how long – but how wise” cautions ETC Group

ETC Group today renewed its call for a moratorium on the release and commercialization of synthetic organisms, asserting that societal debate on the oversight of synthetic biology is urgently overdue. The renewed call came as J. Craig Venter’s research team announced that it has constructed a bacterial-length synthetic genome in the lab using mail-order synthetic DNA sequences. They’ve named the synthetic genome, Mycoplasma genitalium JCVI-1.0, and it’s similar to its counterpart in nature, a genital bacterium with the smallest known genome of any free living organism. The announcement is not breaking news because the work had been previously reported, but the details were published today in Science.

“Venter is... Leer más

ETC Group News Release 9 October 2008 www.etcgroup.org

The Last Straw?  As Extreme Genetic Engineers Gather in Hong Kong, Critics Warn of Corporate Grab on Plant Life SynBio 4.0 = SynBio-4-profit

Synthetic biologists, a brave new breed of science entrepreneurs who engineer life-forms from scratch, will hold their largest-ever global gathering in Hong Kong, October 10-12, known as "Synthetic Biology 4.0." Although most people have never heard of synthetic biology, it's moving full speed ahead fueled by giant agribusiness, energy and chemical corporations with little debate about who will control the technology, how it will be regulated (or not) and despite grave concerns surrounding the safety and security risks of designer organisms. Corporate investors/partners include BP, Chevron, Shell, Virgin Fuels, DuPont, Microsoft, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland.

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* also available in french* ETC Group today releases “Terminator: The Sequel,” a Communiqué reporting on new research related to “suicide seeds” and other genetically modified (GM) seed technologies that pose unacceptable threats to farmers, biodiversity and food sovereignty.

Today ETC Group reports on a new crop of genetic engineering technologies that are being promoted as a biosafety solution to the unwanted spread of transgenes from GM crops, trees and pharmaceutical-producing plants. In practice, these technologies, if commercialized, will allow the multinational seed industry to tighten its grasp on proprietary seeds and to restrict the rights of farmers.

The 28-page Communiqué begins with an examination of the European Union’s... Leer más

Boletín de prensa Grupo ETC 7 de junio de 2007 www.etcgroup.org

 

Adiós Dolly… ¡Hola Sintia!

El Instituto J. Craig Venter busca patentar el primer ser vivo artificial creado en un laboratorio

El Grupo ETC apelará legalmente contra las patentes sobre “Sintias” (Organismos vivos sintetizados en laboratorio)

Diez años después del nacimiento de Dolly, la oveja clonada, el Instituto J. Craig Venter ha solicitado una patente sobre una nueva bomba biotecnológica: la primer especie hecha completamente en un laboratorio. Se trata de una bacteria construida totalmente con ADN sintético.

El Instituto Venter —que toma el nombre de su creador y financiador, J. Craig Venter, el científico que encabezó el sector privado en la carrera para mapear el genoma humano— ha solicitado patentes en todo el mundo sobre lo que ha bautizado como “Micoplasma... Leer más

News ReleaseETC Group January 16, 2007www.etcgroup.org

Extreme Genetic Engineering: ETC Group Releases Report on Synthetic Biology

Findings to be presented at World Social Forum in Nairobi - 20-25 January

A new report by the ETC Group concludes that the social, environmental and bio-weapons threats of synthetic biology surpass the possible dangers and abuses of biotech. The full text of the 70-page report, Extreme Genetic Engineering: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology, is available for downloading free-of-charge on the ETC Group website.

"Genetic engineering is passé," said Pat Mooney, Executive Director of ETC... Leer más

Secuela a la historia de las semillas suicidas: Terminator se transforma en Zombie

Grupo ETC Comunicado de prensa 22 de junio de 2007 www.etcgroup.org

El Grupo ETC publica su nuevo Communiqué “Terminator: la secuela”, en donde informa sobre la nueva investigación relacionada con semillas suicidas Ya está disponible en español el reporte del Grupo ETC sobre un nuevo cultivo transgénico que las empresas promoverán como solución al flujo no intencionado de tansgenes de cultivos genéticamente modificados, farmacultivos y árboles transgénicos (Communiqué núm. 95).  En la práctica, si estas tecnologías se comercializan, la industria multinacional de semillas aumentará su control sobre las semillas de patente y... Leer más