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Team:Bologna/Human Practice/Results
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Survey Results
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Part 2
6) Have you ever heard of Synthetic Biology before?
A. Never
B. Sometimes
C. Often
7) Are you curious about it
A. Yes
B. A little
C. No
8) Do you think is proper to use and eventually modify microrganisms (bacteria, yeasts) to produce something usefull to mankind?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
9) Would you agree with a future extension toward more complex living beings, as animals or plants?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
10) Does the idea of living beings as "programmable machine" worry you?
A. No
B. A little
C. Pretty much
11) Could a deeper knowledge increase your confindence in Synthetic Biology?
A. No
B. Maybe
C. Surely
D. I have no mistrust
Part 3
12) Do you think right that the procedures to make synthetic biological systems and devices are open source?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
13) Are collective benefits a "right aim" for genetically modifying organisms?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
14) Do you think that an economic value can be assigned to products realized with living materials?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
15) Are organisms fabricated in laboratory different from the ones existing in nature?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
16) Do you agree with public funding of Synthetic Biology research?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
17) Should Universities offer courses of Synthetic Biology?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
Part 4
18) Do you agree with University of Bologna partecipation to this international competition?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
19) UniBO iGEM Team 2009's project aims to realize a protein synthesis regulation system in Escherichia coli that is independent from regulated protein and acts at translational level, to make the control action faster. Does that seem important to you?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
20) Do you think this project has ethical implications?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
21) Do you think this project involves risks for humans or the environment?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don't know
22) What do you think about what we are doing?
A. Very interesting
B. Interesting
C. Interesting enough
D. I'm not interested
23) Now that you have completed this survey, what are your impressions?
Most of the comments revealed a general unknowing about Synthetic Biology, probably due to the lack of spreading of this argument. Despite of this some people expressed curiosity and the wish of knowing more about these themes; thing that makes us happy and proud of our work. Other comments emphasized that there are a lot of ethical problems related to the handling of genetic material especially the one of animals or humans, so they suggested that is necessary a tight control in order to avoid harmful applications. So, although a little concern about a possible bad use of these techniques, most of the comments expressed enthusiasm about iGem and our project.
