我们是否仿效造物主，重新以基因设计再造生命？
科技日新月异，不但使我们更深入认识生物世界的奥妙，为人类健康带来希望，亦让我们更了解引至疾病的潜在机制，因而能早日作出诊断、风险评估，以及开创崭新的治疗方法。科技的进步甚至可以使以往不可想象的事情也能做到，包括用重组基因对抗感染、开发特效药、改善环境以及供应更便宜的能源。合成生物学是否能为人类疾病提供良方，还是我们正在跟上帝较量？我们应把这项崭新科技拒于们外，还是应为着人类的福祉而善加利用？周敬流教授早前在科大 “Science-for-Lunch” 午餐座谈会上，与我们分享了其对这个课题的一点见解。
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About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
