w techniques of synthetic biology and genome editing are one of the most promising research areas in life sciences. Yet, every scientific developement is happening in a social context. In this master thesis, we prepared a set of socio-economic factors which are influencing the public acceptance of new techniques of synthetic biology and genome editing. We divided the socio-economic aspects in six context sections (economic influence, welfare influence, regulatory and political framework, wider social aspects, cross-border impacts and environmental risks). Further, we developed a generic protocol for evaluating these aspects and tested it on a case-by-case basis of 37 applications, developed with the techniques of synthetic biology and genome editing and grouped them into 7 groups according to the field of use. Evaluation was carried out the using method of obtaining group compromise estimates with the Delphi two-cycle participatory process. The evaluation involved 14 experts (technology, regulatory affairs, innovation and trade policies experts). Among the results we point out that the most positive effects of the use of new applications can be expected in the field of economic impacts, while the most negative effects of the use are expected for a content section of regulatory and policy frameworks. There will also be a great influence on social aspects, yet the experts were rather neutral to this context section, unlike the literature emphasis. In the discussion, we justify the importance of effectively addressing socio-economic issues in the process of developing applications in the field of synthetic biology and genome editing.
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