DIY Biology and the Case of the Glowing Plants

Educational Resource
Author:Racine, Valerie
Abstract:

In 2013, the Glowing Plant Project raised money to fund amateur biologists attempting to insert a firefly gene into a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana. This historical case explores ethical concerns with synthetic biology and the DIY Biology movement.

Keywords:
Emerging Technologies, Ethics and Society
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2017
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/emerging-biotechnology-collection/diy-biology-and-case-glowing-plants
    • Sponsoring Agency:
    NSF
    Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/m8wk-bm11