Willetts warned that fears over the potential risks of synthetic biology could harm progress in a field that the government is banking on to help reinvigorate the economy.
By acting unilaterally, as the Prime Minister proposes, the UK harms progress towards a common EU sharing, or quota, system for asylum-seekers – by far the best solution within reach.
The multiplicity of data collection efforts that are unaligned, duplicative, burdensome and expensive is harming progress towards reaching sustainable development.
Ambiguity in expectations and evaluations harms progress, say Rodolfo Mendozandenton and colleagues.
"We face very difficult decisions on how to balance the budget without harming the progress we have made," Howard Wolfson, a deputy mayor, said in a statement.
The two factors that need ascertaining are, first, the extent of the problem – in a screening programme, how many lesions will be detected and treated that would never have progressed – and, second, the harm caused to an individual who receives such a diagnosis.
"That will actually harm the progress that is being made".
If they get a bad impression of you or think you're a phony, it will likely harm the progress of your potential relationship.
We don't seem interested in making real progress in addressing white privilege, or acknowledging the harm of racist rhetoric spewed by popular celebrities and news stations.
The task of measuring the harm afterward would fall to city health officials, who say they are tracking the progress of Dr. Brenner's team.
