Synthetic biology R&D risks: Social-institutional contexts matter!
Abstract
Social and institutional analyses currently are missing from considerations of synthetic biology R&D-related biosafety, which instead have bioethics, governance, or technical orientations. Social and institutional context shapes standard practice. Here, analyzing context helps identify circumstances that create, amplify, or diminish risk, thereby revealing new opportunities for avoiding or managing those risks.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Columbia Univ. Graduate School of Public Health, New York, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1253236
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1359939
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Trends in Biotechnology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0167-7799
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; synthetic biology; risk; R&D; social and institutional context
Citation Formats
Wolfe, Amy K., Bjornstad, David J., Shumpert, Barry L., Campa, Maria Fernanda, Bergmann, Rachael A., and Stelling, Savannah C. Synthetic biology R&D risks: Social-institutional contexts matter!. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008.
Wolfe, Amy K., Bjornstad, David J., Shumpert, Barry L., Campa, Maria Fernanda, Bergmann, Rachael A., & Stelling, Savannah C. Synthetic biology R&D risks: Social-institutional contexts matter!. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008
Wolfe, Amy K., Bjornstad, David J., Shumpert, Barry L., Campa, Maria Fernanda, Bergmann, Rachael A., and Stelling, Savannah C. Mon .
"Synthetic biology R&D risks: Social-institutional contexts matter!". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1253236.
@article{osti_1253236,
title = {Synthetic biology R&D risks: Social-institutional contexts matter!},
author = {Wolfe, Amy K. and Bjornstad, David J. and Shumpert, Barry L. and Campa, Maria Fernanda and Bergmann, Rachael A. and Stelling, Savannah C.},
abstractNote = {Social and institutional analyses currently are missing from considerations of synthetic biology R&D-related biosafety, which instead have bioethics, governance, or technical orientations. Social and institutional context shapes standard practice. Here, analyzing context helps identify circumstances that create, amplify, or diminish risk, thereby revealing new opportunities for avoiding or managing those risks.},
doi = {10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008},
journal = {Trends in Biotechnology},
number = 5,
volume = 34,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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