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<p> We were really interested to find out what the general public think about synthetic biology to find out how it is perceived by people. So we started by releasing a short survey about public perception of synthetic biology, genetically engineered organisms and our project.The survey also gathered the gender, age, and level of education (including their level of knowledge in Synthetic biology) information. We felt that it was important to gather data that accurately represented the variety of knowledge in the general community. </p>
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<p> The general survey got results from Spain, Mexico, UK and Portugal. </p>
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<p> The results of the survey showed that some people still think bacteria are bad (they chose option 2 of the images). A large proportion of the sample population know a little or nothing about synthetic biology. Even though a large proportion of the population are accepting of synthetic biology, some people are still against it. When asked if you want to live longer - fewer people answered yes then compared to when they were asked if they want to live healthier longer. This shows that there is a need for our product - promoting healthier living Large population think that they have not been educated about synthetic biology. And a large proportion of the population would like children to learn synthetic biology as a part of their curriculum.</p>
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<p> Based on the results, it is apparent that respondents felt like there hasn’t been sufficient education related to Synthetic Biology. Considering a vast majority of respondents consider GM organisms safe (81%) and beneficial (81%), we have decided to take on outreach programmes for school-age children to expand their knowledge and consciousness of Synthetic Biology. </p>
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<p> We also distributed the survey through our Wechat account (directed towards the general public in China). The results of the survey from Wechat showed similar results to the general survey. </p>
 
  
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<h1> Resources for the younger generation </h1>
 
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<p> In response to the survey, we wanted to make synthetic biology and iGEM more accessible to the younger generation, and the rest of the public. So we decided that we wanted to make some resources for young children about our project, synthetic biology and ideas around synthetic biology. We have this document translated in English, German, French, Farsi, Spanish and Mandarin. </p>
 
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<p> We also wanted the general public to know about our project and iGEM so we decided to make a blog highlighting our general experiences as we go along this iGEM journey! We are also working on posting some tips for future GEM teams, based on what we are learning as we go through the process.</p>
 
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<p> As mobile phones are becoming increasing part of our lives, we thought that developing an app may be a great way to get more people more aware of synthetic biology. We have decided to create a game that works by getting users to create certain biobricks, where the gene of interest will only complete the biobrick if the plasmid backbone is cut with the correct restriction enzymes. We want to make it as user friendly as possible and we are hoping to integrate our project and iGEM into the app as well. </p>
 
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<p> We were able make more people aware of our project by getting our project advertised through the UCL website (Biochemical engineering News section). We are also working on getting the project advertised on the UCL newsletter (myUCL). </p>
 
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<p> We were able to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, conputer scientists and phycolgists through a workshop. We told them what synthetic biology is, our project, asked them what their perception of the elderly is and ran some fun activities. We also gave the students a chance to have some lab experience. </p>
 
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<p> Tea with the elderly on Saturday 16th July. Chichi was able to attend the tea session where she was able to ask some of the elderly what they thought about our idea and synthetic biology. </p>
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<h3> <center> 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.</center> </h3>
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<p> Filipe said that our project is really interesting but tackling oxidative stress may not have a large impact on the healthspan of a human. He said that the theory of free radicals is around 50-60 years old and that there is no current evidence that oxidative stress has really effected the ageing of a cell or humans. Filipe is working on the effect on Rapamycin and the microbiome, so he really gave an interesting perspective to our project </p>
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<h3> <center> 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 <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/HP/Silver"> silver </a> page! </center> </h3>
  
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<h3> <center> Click <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/HP/Silver/Conclusion"> here </a> to find the conclusion of our story so far.  </center> </h3>          <br>           
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<p>Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest. </p>
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<p>You must fill out this page in order to be considered for all <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Judging/Awards">awards</a> for Human Practices:</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.