Military Becomes a Major Funder of Synthetic Biology, and Scientists Are Mostly Fine With That | Science News | Scoop.it

Biologists have of late been spared these dilemmas, as President Nixon officially dismantled the nation’s biological weapons program in 1969. But synthetic biology is about transforming biology into an engineering discipline, so perhaps it’s no surprise that the field is confronting the same sorts of questions that may be familiar to physical scientists and engineers.