Building biosecurity for synthetic biology.
Journal
Molecular systems biology
ISSN: 1744-4292
Titre abrégé: Mol Syst Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101235389
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
entrez:
22
7
2020
pubmed:
22
7
2020
medline:
15
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The fast-paced field of synthetic biology is fundamentally changing the global biosecurity framework. Current biosecurity regulations and strategies are based on previous governance paradigms for pathogen-oriented security, recombinant DNA research, and broader concerns related to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Many scholarly discussions and biosecurity practitioners are therefore concerned that synthetic biology outpaces established biosafety and biosecurity measures to prevent deliberate and malicious or inadvertent and accidental misuse of synthetic biology's processes or products. This commentary proposes three strategies to improve biosecurity: Security must be treated as an investment in the future applicability of the technology; social scientists and policy makers should be engaged early in technology development and forecasting; and coordination among global stakeholders is necessary to ensure acceptable levels of risk.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32692486
doi: 10.15252/msb.20209723
pmc: PMC7373080
doi:
Substances chimiques
DNA, Recombinant
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e9723Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.
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