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                      Ageing is an inevitable process that will affect all of us and it's important that we explore what people from every profession, background and age think about our project as it will impact every single one of us. In the following sections, you can have a glimpse at the decisive factors that drove our project and continue to influence the progress of novel ageing technologies in the future.
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                      Internally, this debate is at once restraining and liberating: it constantly forces us to stop and reevaluate what should be the next step forward, as we attempt to balance seemingly disparate beliefs within our own group. Yet, by doing so, we come to learn so much about ourselves, as we uncover ingrained prejudices we never knew existed.
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        We sat down with Susan Deacon, former Scottish MSP and member of the RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy, and Doctorial Researcher Anna Ross for interviews regarding the current climate of UK drug policy. See how their input changed our project.
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      We were fortunate enough to be selected as one of eight teams worldwide for a grant and collaboration with the EU project Synenergene. See how they helped us build a theoretical framework for the real-world implimentation of our biosensor.</p>
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                                    <p class="text-muted">In order to determine the usefulness of our device for MDMA users, we chatted to Kings College London's Dr Adam Winstock, author of the world's largest drug survey, 'Global Drug Survey (2015)'. See how his invaluable insight lead to software being integrated with our biosensor.    </p>
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<p> <font size="3"> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Public_Engagement"> <b> Public Engagement/General Public: </b> </a> Biosynthage really wanted to create a project that addresses a current societal need and understand how ageing affects us in later life. Our interactions with the general public involved visiting a Dementia care home, conducting surveys and talking to people on the streets of London. </p>
 
  
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<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Experts"> <b> The experts: </b> </a> From the very beginning we have engaged scientific experts in order to ensure that our project is addressing a genuine need as defined by those who know best. </p>
 
  
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<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Elderly"> <b> Our visit to Hamburg dementia home: </b> </a> We have been talking to elderly people who are effected by age related diseases to understand how ageing really effects the ageing population first hand. Have a look at some of the stories of the people at the care home! </p>
 
  
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<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Education"> <b> Education/Outreach: </b> </a> As a response to our survey which showed that more then 3/4 of the sample wished that they had learnt about synthetic biology at school, we wanted to reach out to as many age groups as possible and run several different <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Education"> educational</a> workshops </p>
 
  
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UCL iGEM 2016 | BioSynthAge

OUR STORY



We are all stakeholders in ageing hence why Biosynthage has been steeped in controversy since its very inception. However, with controversy come important questions. Some believe that we should not meddle with the human ageing process whereas others believe that we should think of ageing as a disease in order to start treating it. Biosynthage has really enjoyed exploring the depths of many debates which has caused us to constantly stop and reevaluate the next step forward within our project. We are constantly realising that with every new person we speak to, we uncover depths of new perspectives we never knew existed within in our story.



In the following sections, you can have a glimpse at the decisive factors that drove our project and continue to influence the progress of our novel technologies in the future. Below is a timeline of events and activities that the UCL iGEM team were doing this summer! We have details of each event in our human practices silver page!



Click here to find the conclusion of our story so far.