Synthetic Biology

Basically, synthetic biology is the drawing, design, and making of biological parts and devices, and possibly even remake and design existing biological systems for better use, like the huge potential it has for improving energy production, all the way to medicine. A recent poll consisting of 1,000 U.S. adults was taken, asking them what their opinion was, and two thirds said that they approve of the idea, yet the other third does not approve. The non-approving third of the 1,000 adults said that they feared synthetic biology and they won't approve of it until they know more risks and harmful effects. The poll made people discover that the public's, in only three years, awareness of synthetic biology had tripled, along with an awareness increase of nanotechnology from 24% to 34%, in the same time period. The public had supported the continued research about it, but along with it came some fear factors: mainly, that the science would be used to create harmful things, and harm the environment.

I think I finally found a blog that I could form an opinion on without much thought. Personally I think that we could benefit from this, very much. If we could boost the energy production, we could probably stimulate workers and then have more money coming into our economy, which would be nice. The only thing that I don't want happening is we humans harming anything we don't need to, or creating harmful things that could potentially damage our surroundings. I think that, if we use this for other purposes, like promoting wildlife growth, and helping out environments, then this is a pretty good idea, I'd support it.