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| Other authors / contributors: | Mazza, Anne-Marie, author.
Kendall, Steven, author.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, issuing body.
National Academy of Engineering, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 9780309225830
0309225833
9780309225847
0309225841
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| Notes: | Title from PDF title page.
Includes bibliographical references.
This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. 2011-3-04 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.
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| Summary: | Synthetic biology -- unlike any research discipline that precedes it -- has the potential to bypass the less predictable process of evolution to usher in a new and dynamic way of working with living systems. Ultimately, synthetic biologists hope to design and build engineered biological systems with capabilities that do not exist in natural systems -- capabilities that may ultimately be used for applications in manufacturing, food production, and global health. Importantly, synthetic biology represents an area of science and engineering that raises technical, ethical, regulatory, security, biosafety, intellectual property, and other issues that will be resolved differently in different parts of the world. As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies -- the United Kingdom's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, the United States' National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering -- organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues associated with synthetic biology. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century summarizes the symposia proceedings.
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| Other form: | Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Technology, and Law. Positioning synthetic biology to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2013] 0309225833
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