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- Title
Bioengineering horizon scan 2020.
- Authors
KEMP, LUKE; ADAM, LAURA; BOEHM, CHRISTIAN R.; BREITLING, RAINER; CASAGRANDE, ROCCO; DANDO, MALCOLM; DJIKENG, APPOLINAIRE; EVANS, NICHOLAS G.; HAMMOND, RICHARD; HILLS, KELLY; HOLT, LAUREN A.; KUIKEN, TODD; MARKOTIC, ALEMKA; MILLETT, PIERS; NAPIER, JOHNATHAN A.; NELSON, CASSIDY; OHEIGEARTAIGH, SEAN S.; OSBOURN, ANNE; PALMER, MEGAN J.; PATRON, NICOLA J.
- Abstract
Horizon scanning is intended to identify the opportunities and threats associated with technological, regulatory and social change. In 2017 some of the present authors conducted a horizon scan for bioengineering (Wintle et al., 2017). Here we report the results of a new horizon scan that is based on inputs from a larger and more international group of 38 participants. The final list of 20 issues includes topics spanning from the political (the regulation of genomic data, increased philanthropic funding and malicious uses of neurochemicals) to the environmental (crops for changing climates and agricultural gene drives). The early identification of such issues is relevant to researchers, policy-makers and the wider public.
- Subjects
HORIZON; AGRICULTURAL climatology; CLIMATE change; SOCIAL change; DATA protection
- Publication
eLife, 2020, p1
- ISSN
2050-084X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7554/eLife.54489