On July 8-9, 2010 Drew Endy and several of his colleagues were invited to the White House to discuss the ethical considerations of synthetic biology. This meeting was more for updating the Obama administration to the development and advances in the field of synthetic biology. The meeting is in response to Craig Venter's current insertion of synthetic genitalia mycoplasma genome. There are videos documenting their discussion here, and an official letter written by Barack Obama to Dr. Amy Gutmann inquiring about the potential effects of synthetically created genome.
Barack Obama's letter about synthetic biology can be found here. (PDF)
This will be covered in more detail soon!
Jeremy
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