The role of social research in genomics

Although a little over ten years ago the concept of genomics itself was hardly known outside the molecular biologists’ circle, these days it has become routine for a whole contingent of researchers from various backgrounds. In various countries, investment in research into the ‘social’ implications of this new technology followed in the slipstream of large-scale…

Fifth World Conference on the Future of Science – The DNA Revolution

I nuovi dati dell’Osservatorio Scienza e Società saranno presentati lunedì 21 settembre 2009 a Venezia in occasione della Fifth World Conference on the Future of Science “The DNA Revolution”. Future of Science è un ciclo annuale di convegni internazionali organizzato dalla Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Fondazione Silvio Tronchetti Provera e la Fondazione Giorgio Cini. La Fifth…