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22 March 2021
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Research and Innovation
What's new
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News Alerts
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Genome editing: Commission’s Ethics Group calls for wide-ranging societal debate and global governance
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The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), an independent advisory body to the Commission, has today published its Opinion on the ethics of genome editing. The Opinion analyses ethical questions raised by the application of genome editing in humans, animals and plants, and hence spans health, research, agriculture and environmental aspects.
The Opinion was delivered to the President of the European Commission and to Commissioner Gabriel (Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth).
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Success stories
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Helping policy-makers understand how to tackle TB effectively
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Tuberculosis (TB) kills 3 000 people every day and over 1 000 people fall sick with TB each hour. One EU-supported project is finding and treating cases of TB in Nepal and Vietnam to try and accelerate progress towards eradication.
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Events
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The Carbon Element – Key towards a sustainable society
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During this event, speakers from the European Commission, the European Parliament, JRC, academia and the industry sector will whether carbon could be depicted as an endangered or conflict element in the next edition of the EuChemS Periodic Table. The online webinar will also provide an opportunity to discuss the EuChemS Periodic Table.
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22/03/2021
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Online
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Horizon magazine
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Q&A: We need non-critical raw materials for green tech to flourish
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Developing new, green technologies has been hailed as a way to both achieve Europe’s environmental goals and support its economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic. But what type of green technologies do we need and how do we get them scaled up to a point where they can have a real impact?
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