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NTNU Trondheim iGEM and Dr Alfred Nordmann

Search and Destroy: Bacterial Anti-Cancer Kamikaze
NTNU Trondheim, Norway and Dr Alfred Nordmann

Trondheim, the only Norwegian iGEM team, are enabling E.coli to detect and attack cancer cells. The cells will produce a tumor inhibitor effective at killing cancer cells. It will then respond to environmental cues indicating the presence of cancer cells and undergoe lysis, to release the anti-cancer agent. Trondheim iGEM describes this as a "search and destroy" missions against cancer inside the human body.

Interviews only: Part 1 - About the Project - and Part 2 - On iGEM

Dr Alfred Nordmann is Professor of Philosophy and History of Science and Technoscience at TU Darmstadt. We sat down with him at the <a href="http://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/tag_synth_bio_2012/index.html" title="CAS Conference" target="_blank">CAS Conference in Munich</a> to talk about the difference between science and technoscience - including Synthetic Biology. Whereas the former aims to generate intellectual knowledge, the latter focuses on creating capabilities and creative understanding.

Interview only on Soundcloud.