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The latest report from the Osservatorio Scienza e Società di Observa – Science in Society, in collaboration with Tuttoscienzetecnologia of La Stampa, Superquark and Quark. Between Darwin and creationism, the “intelligent design” position is seen by Italians as a sort of “compromise”. Yet, Italian public opinion appears more ‘evolutionist’ compared to the US. Are we…
Advanced biotechnologies, those that transform the set of chromosomes of an organism by transferring in it genes from another organism, represent an application of genetic engineering that has not been widely legitimised yet. The main reason for this is due to the numerous elements of uncertainty that still characterize genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Thus, scientific…