The whack-a-mole governance challenge for AI-enabled synthetic biology: literature review and emerging frameworks

TA Undheim - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
AI-enabled synthetic biology has tremendous potential but also significantly increases
biorisks and brings about a new set of dual use concerns. The picture is complicated given …

[HTML][HTML] Development of and prospects for the biological weapons convention

L Huigang, L Menghui, Z Xiaoli, H Cui… - Journal of Biosafety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological weapons are used in wars to wound or kill people or animals and destroy crops
with pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, as well as toxins and other …

Governing biotechnology to provide safety and security and address ethical, legal, and social implications

B Trump, C Cummings, K Klasa, S Galaitsi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The field of biotechnology has produced a wide variety of materials and products which are
rapidly entering the commercial marketplace. While many developments promise …

Future trends in synthetic biology in Asia

N Mao, N Aggarwal, CL Poh, BK Cho… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic biology research and technology translation has garnered increasing interest from
the governments and private investors in Asia, where the technology has great potential in …

[HTML][HTML] EcoGenoRisk: Developing a computational ecological risk assessment tool for synthetic biology

A Ulanova, C Mansfeldt - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
The expanding field of synthetic biology (synbio) supports new opportunities in the design of
targeted bioproducts or modified microorganisms. However, this rapid development of …

[HTML][HTML] 合成生物学的生物安全风险及其管理对策研究

马丽丽, 欧亚昆, 任怡佳, 雷瑞鹏, 刘欢 - 科学与社会, 2022 - xml-data.org
合成生物学是当今发展前景广阔的新兴研究领域之一, 由于应用广泛, 给环境和人类健康带来的
风险引发了科学伦理争论, 其生物安全和生物安保问题值得深入思考. 本文结合国内外合成生物 …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation and management of the biosecurity for synthetic biology

X Zeng, H Jiang, G Yang, Y Ou, S Lu, J Jiang… - Synthetic and Systems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology (SynBio) is a high-profile interdiscipline combining engineering with
science. As a dual-purpose discipline, SynBio is bringing large changes to many fields and …

Synthetic biology and governance research in China: a 40-year evolution

L Tang, J Kuzma, X Zhang, X Song, Y Li, H Liu, G Hu - Scientometrics, 2023 - Springer
The governance of emerging technologies has become a topic of global concern, not only
for national competitiveness, but also for national security. Among other technologies …

The promise of emergent nanobiotechnologies for in vivo applications and implications for safety and security

AM Arnold, AM Bradley, KL Taylor, ZC Kennedy… - Health …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Nanotechnology, the multidisciplinary field based on the exploitation of the unique
physicochemical properties of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanoscale materials, has opened a …

80 questions for UK biological security

L Kemp, DC Aldridge, O Booy, H Bower, D Browne… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Multiple national and international trends and drivers are radically changing what biological
security means for the United Kingdom (UK). New technologies present novel opportunities …