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Synthetic biology, security and governance

The twenty-first century has witnessed an increasing confluence of rapidly advancing science and its embodiment in practical technologies, an extensive global diffusion of the knowledge and capabilities associated with those developments, and a seemingly unending shift in the international security...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lentzos, Filippa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7100137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32226471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/biosoc.2012.28
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Sumario:The twenty-first century has witnessed an increasing confluence of rapidly advancing science and its embodiment in practical technologies, an extensive global diffusion of the knowledge and capabilities associated with those developments, and a seemingly unending shift in the international security environment. The scope and intensity of these interactions in the life sciences have generated concern about security risks stemming from possible misuse. This lecture focuses on one of the key emerging life science technologies of concern, gene synthesis, and considers how the new risks and challenges it poses for governance can best be managed.