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Wolfe AK, Campa MF, Bergmann RA, et al. Synthetic Biology R&D Risks: Social-Institutional Contexts Matter!. Trends Biotechnol. 2016;34(5):353-356doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008.
Wolfe, A. K., Campa, M. F., Bergmann, R. A., Stelling, S. C., Bjornstad, D. J., & Shumpert, B. L. (2016). Synthetic Biology R&D Risks: Social-Institutional Contexts Matter!. Trends in biotechnology, 34(5), 353-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008
Wolfe, Amy K, et al. "Synthetic Biology R&D Risks: Social-Institutional Contexts Matter!." Trends in biotechnology vol. 34,5 (2016): 353-356. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008
Wolfe AK, Campa MF, Bergmann RA, Stelling SC, Bjornstad DJ, Shumpert BL. Synthetic Biology R&D Risks: Social-Institutional Contexts Matter!. Trends Biotechnol. 2016 May;34(5):353-356. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008. Epub 2016 Feb 15. PMID: 26900006.
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Trends Biotechnol. 2016 May;34(5):353-356. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008. Epub 2016 Feb 15.

Synthetic Biology R&D Risks: Social-Institutional Contexts Matter!.

Trends in biotechnology

Amy K Wolfe, Maria Fernanda Campa, Rachael A Bergmann, Savannah C Stelling, David J Bjornstad, Barry L Shumpert

Affiliations

  1. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
  3. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA.
  4. Columbia University Graduate School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
  5. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA; Retired, formerly, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA.

PMID: 26900006 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.01.008

Abstract

Factors that shape actual research practices - 'social and institutional context' - typically are missing from considerations of synthetic biology R&D-related risk and containment. We argue that analyzing context is essential in identifying circumstances that create, amplify, or diminish risk, and in revealing new opportunities for avoiding or managing those risks.

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Keywords: R&D; containment; risk; social and institutional context; synthetic biology

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