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The Scientist :: The People's Biology, Feb. 24, 2003 |
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8:33 pm EST, Feb 24, 2003 |
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Systems biologists envision a hulking database where all biological knowledge can be stored, freely accessed, and designed to interact. From it, researchers could easily extract data to construct virtual molecular pathway models working in their respective networks and in dynamic contexts of time, space, and various environmental cues. Hypotheses could be plucked like apples from the electronic tree of knowledge, and drug targets would fall like leaves. Some want to play out this tremendous vision, but they know it cannot be done at a single lab, by a single investigator. Members of Alliance for Cellular Signaling (AfCS), call for a new scientific world order--a shift toward socialist science.
==== I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it socialist science! However, this sort of information system sounds extremely powerful. [well, it would be social science in that with that system, all of the scientists who used that system would be "collaborating". It may help in progressing science at a fast rate...I don't know. But with "drug targets falling like leaves", I think it would make competition stiffer, which would lead to more secrecy of drug companies, make people file for patents earlier than ever before, etc, etc. Hmm.
On a lighter note, you should check out this site just to see the image they have that I guess is supposed to symbolize socialist science. A big red hand in a fist holding a pipetman. I would *kill* to have that in poster size. - Nano] The Scientist :: The People's Biology, Feb. 24, 2003 |
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New Premise in Science: Get the Word Out Quickly, Online |
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4:19 pm EST, Dec 19, 2002 |
] "Supported by a $9 million grant from the Gordon and
] Betty Moore Foundation, the scientists say that this week
] they will announce the creation of two peer-reviewed
] online journals on biology and medicine, with the goal of
] cornering the best scientific papers and immediately
] depositing them in the public domain." New Premise in Science: Get the Word Out Quickly, Online |
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2:09 pm EDT, Aug 25, 2002 |
"At InnoCentive, scientific problems called InnoCentive Challenges are posted online to be solved by a pool of leading scientific talent. Scientists receive access to world-class scientific problems and significant financial awards. Solution-Seekers gain unparalleled access to skilled global talent resulting in innovative solutions to their tough R&D challenges. " Hrm... Science problems are posted online along with a bounty. Solve the problem, get the cash... [wow...this is cool...of course, the solvers get cash and not patent rights...-Nanochick] InnoCentive |
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Scientists and Terrorists |
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3:04 pm EDT, Jul 21, 2002 |
To the Editor: Terrorists and torturers read the scientific literature in order to learn new ways of inflicting pain and avoiding prosecution. The scientists who created polio virus in their laboratory and published the results (front page, July 12) have played into the hands of state-sponsored perpetrators who have the intention of developing instruments of mass destruction. The United States and the international community need a system of governance and public debate to monitor, curtail and punish those scientists who engage in this type of reckless behavior. RICHARD F. MOLLICA, M.D.
Boston, July 14, 2002
The writer is director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital. Um...someone should tell this guy that lots of innovative things can be turned into something that can be used against us. Punishing scientists for being creative isn't going to stop terrorists. If terrorists wanted to create a virus, I am sure that they already could figure out how to do it without the inspiration of the news article. Scientists and Terrorists |
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Salon.com Technology | Clone free |
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2:40 pm EDT, May 24, 2002 |
Maybe in 2053, when my clone is having coffee with your clone, the arguments in Francis Fukuyama's cautionary polemic "Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution" will seem as quaint as the early opposition to railroads does today. ... Fukuyama told Salon why he thinks that the right to be cloned and to tinker with our offspring's genes aren't liberties that we should all enjoy, and what should be done to restrain the onrush of biotechnology. I am going to wait until I finish the book to comment. Salon.com Technology | Clone free |
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