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Laying the foundations for a bio-economy

Biological technologies are becoming an important part of the economy. Biotechnology already contributes at least 1% of US GDP, with revenues growing as much as 20% annually. The introduction of composable biological parts will enable an engineering discipline similar to the ones that resulted in mo...

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Autor principal: Carlson, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2398717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19003445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11693-007-9010-z
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description Biological technologies are becoming an important part of the economy. Biotechnology already contributes at least 1% of US GDP, with revenues growing as much as 20% annually. The introduction of composable biological parts will enable an engineering discipline similar to the ones that resulted in modern aviation and information technology. As the sophistication of biological engineering increases, it will provide new goods and services at lower costs and higher efficiencies. Broad access to foundational engineering technologies is seen by some as a threat to physical and economic security. However, regulation of access will serve to suppress the innovation required to produce new vaccines and other countermeasures as well as limiting general economic growth.
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spelling pubmed-23987172008-10-01 Laying the foundations for a bio-economy Carlson, Robert Syst Synth Biol Commentary Biological technologies are becoming an important part of the economy. Biotechnology already contributes at least 1% of US GDP, with revenues growing as much as 20% annually. The introduction of composable biological parts will enable an engineering discipline similar to the ones that resulted in modern aviation and information technology. As the sophistication of biological engineering increases, it will provide new goods and services at lower costs and higher efficiencies. Broad access to foundational engineering technologies is seen by some as a threat to physical and economic security. However, regulation of access will serve to suppress the innovation required to produce new vaccines and other countermeasures as well as limiting general economic growth. Springer Netherlands 2008-02-06 2007-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2398717/ /pubmed/19003445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11693-007-9010-z Text en © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2398717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19003445
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