Hastings Center Lands $500K from Sloan Foundation for Synthetic Biology Ethics Project

Dec 17, 2008

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — The Hastings Center has received a $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to spend two years delving into the ethical issues surrounding the burgeoning field of synthetic biology, the center said today.

The project will involve partnerships with the J. Craig Venter Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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