What is (synthetic) life? basic concepts of life in synthetic biology
| Autor: | Peter Dabrock, Matthias Braun, Sandra Fernau |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Science and Technology Workforce Synthetic Life Science Policy Science Origin of Life Biologists Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie Careers in Research Research and Analysis Methods Research Ethics ddc:170 Synthetic biology Empirical research Biomimetics Humans Sociology Research Integrity Life Scientists Evolutionary Biology Research ethics Multidisciplinary Research Qualitative interviews Field (Bourdieu) Biology and Life Sciences Research Assessment Research Personnel Comprehension Professions People and Places Scientists Engineering and Technology Medicine Female Synthetic Biology Population Groupings Research questions Engineering ethics Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e0235808 (2020) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | One of the central aims of synthetic biology (SB) is to better understand the mechanisms of life by trying to develop and synthesize new forms and perhaps modes of life. While the question of what is life has occupied mankind for centuries, there is a lack of empirical research examining the basic concepts of life scientists within SB themselves refer to and build on. In order to gain insights into these fundamental concepts, we conducted a qualitative interview study with scientists working in the field of SB. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the underlying understandings, principles, and characteristics of (synthetic) life on the one hand, and the entangled consequences for the conducted experiments and studies as well as the pursued scientific approaches. We identified four primarily underlying basic concepts of life which serve as a fundamental framework for current and further scientific research within SB and have implications for research questions, approaches and aims as well as for the evaluation of scientific results. |
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