Synthetic Biology is a growing field which holds great promise in several areas of
application. However, it also poses serious risks for human health and the environment that …

Synthetic biology has mainly focused on introducing new or altered functionality in single
cell systems: primarily bacteria, yeast, or mammalian cells. Here, we describe the extension …

The denitrification performance of the elemental sulfur autotrophic denitrification (S 0 AD)
system requires improvements to broaden its applicability for treating nitrate (NO 3−-N) …

Humans are hosts for trillions of microbes that comprise distinct microbiomes across the
human body and are implicated in a wide range of disease states. Live bacteria can be used …

The main objective of this thesis is to assess the bioethical issues raised by Synthetic
Biology from a specific bioethical approach, personalism, specifically ontological …