Craig Venter: On the Verge of Creating Synthetic Life - "'Can we create new life out of our digital universe?' Craig Venter asks. His answer is 'yes' -- and pretty soon. He walks through his latest research and promises that we'll soon be able to build and boot up a synthetic chromosome".
Boghuma Kabisen Titanji: Ethical riddles in HIV research - "It’s an all too common story: after participating in an HIV clinical trial, a woman in sub-Saharan Africa is left without the resources to buy a bus ticket to her health clinic, let alone to afford life-saving antiretrovirals. Boghuma Kabisen Titanji asks an important question: how can researchers looking for a cure make sure they’re not taking advantage of those most affected by the pandemic?".
John Wilbanks: Let’s pool our medical data - "When you're getting medical treatment, or taking part in medical testing, privacy is important; strict laws limit what researchers can see and know about you. But what if your medical data could be used -- anonymously -- by anyone seeking to test a hypothesis? John Wilbanks wonders if the desire to protect our privacy is slowing research, and if opening up medical data could lead to a wave of health care innovation".