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| − | + | Creation of a new diagnostic tool takes more than research & development. Implementation of such a device means it will be brought in direct contact with society. To ensure that our work is safe for the end user and prevent miscommunication about the purpose of the technology, it is essential to consider the social aspects that our tool will bring. Apart from engaging our local communities with our project, which can be read on the Education and Public Engagement page, we also discussed the implications of Mantis with experts on biosafety and ethics. By this, we aim to create a safe and responsible technology that will be accepted by society. Feedback obtained from these discussions was integrated into the project, resulting in guidelines and laboratory safety protocols. Furthermore, it allowed us to consider all ethical aspects that are associated with implementing the device in the real world, such as risk perception and user responsibility. To translate the knowlegde we gained on biosafety to society, a comic was created. Here, a friendly bacterium called Modidi explains the risks associated with genetically modified organisms, as well as their risk perception. A detailed description on the four resources below can be found by clicking the buttons at the bottom:</p> | |
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<li> <b>Comic: </b>This comic is targeted to the general public, and it aims to inform about the importance to consider the perception of risk, and not only the scientific risk. Furthermore, in a more basic level, it shows that although some genetic modified organism indeed have potential for causing disasters, other ones do not pose the same danger. </li> | <li> <b>Comic: </b>This comic is targeted to the general public, and it aims to inform about the importance to consider the perception of risk, and not only the scientific risk. Furthermore, in a more basic level, it shows that although some genetic modified organism indeed have potential for causing disasters, other ones do not pose the same danger. </li> | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 18 October 2017
Safety and Ethics
Creation of a new diagnostic tool takes more than research & development. Implementation of such a device means it will be brought in direct contact with society. To ensure that our work is safe for the end user and prevent miscommunication about the purpose of the technology, it is essential to consider the social aspects that our tool will bring. Apart from engaging our local communities with our project, which can be read on the Education and Public Engagement page, we also discussed the implications of Mantis with experts on biosafety and ethics. By this, we aim to create a safe and responsible technology that will be accepted by society. Feedback obtained from these discussions was integrated into the project, resulting in guidelines and laboratory safety protocols. Furthermore, it allowed us to consider all ethical aspects that are associated with implementing the device in the real world, such as risk perception and user responsibility. To translate the knowlegde we gained on biosafety to society, a comic was created. Here, a friendly bacterium called Modidi explains the risks associated with genetically modified organisms, as well as their risk perception. A detailed description on the four resources below can be found by clicking the buttons at the bottom:
- Comic: This comic is targeted to the general public, and it aims to inform about the importance to consider the perception of risk, and not only the scientific risk. Furthermore, in a more basic level, it shows that although some genetic modified organism indeed have potential for causing disasters, other ones do not pose the same danger.
- Ethics: This section gathers a personal ethical analysis about the risk perception, transfer of responsibility and the autonomy of patients concerning diagnostics.
- Biosafety: This section gathers information about safety issues concerning our device and synthetic biology in general. One of the aspects that are discussed, is the options considered and the chosen option for a biocontainment mechanism. Besides, risk assessment and safety assessment techniques are proposed, including a Fault Tree Analysis.
- Lab Safety: This sections gathers the different rules that we have followed in our work environment to ensure safe working conditions.
