Recent challenges in the social regulation of new emerging technologies : the case of synthetic biology

Mali, Franc (author), Kramberger, Anton (author)

Synthetic biology represents one of the most promising areas of progress in the new emerging technologies. It is a transdisciplinary area of research that combines molecular biology, engineering, biochemistry, computer sciences and other disciplines in new practices of biological design that are diverse in their approaches and full of hope in their promises. In the article, synthetic biology is presented as a good case for understanding the wider ethical, legal and social aspects of recent progress in the new emerging sciences and technologies. More specifically, the precarious issues of risk, commodification and legal protection, which are the central points of discussion in the article, are emerging as salient points not only in this technological "niche", but in practically all modern technologies.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2014
• Number of pages: Str. 850-865, 998
• Numbering: Letn. 51, št. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-85343
• UDC: 001.895:577.21
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 32988509
• Publication date in RUL: 20.09.2016

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Sintezna biologija predstavlja eno najbolj obetavnih področji napredka novih tehnologij. Gre za transdisciplinarno področje raziskovanja, ki kombinira znanja s področja molekularne biologije, inženiringa, računalniških znanosti in drugih znanstvenih disciplin v nove prakse konstituiranja biološkega sveta. Te nove prakse, četudi pogosto v pristopih različne, so polne obljub in pričakovanj. Avtor v prispevku sintezno biologijo obravnava kot dober primer za razumevanje širših etičnih, pravnih in družbenih vidikov današnjega napredka novih tehnologij. Bolj natančno, žgoči problemi tehnoloških tveganj, ublagovljenja, komercializacije in zaščite intelektualne lastnine oz. znanja, katerim je v prispevku namenjeno največ pozornosti, ne zavzemajo osrednjega mesta samo v sintezni biologiji, temveč v vseh tipih novih tehnologij.

• Keywords: sintezna biologija