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Bioengineering horizon scan 2020
Author(s)
Kemp, Luke
Adam, Laura
Boehm, Christian R.
Breitling, Rainer
Casagrande, Rocco
Dando, Malcolm
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Evans, Nicholas G.
Hammond, Richard
Hills, Kelly
Holt, Lauren A.
Kuiken, Todd
Markotić, Alemka
Millett, Piers
Napier, Johnathan A.
Nelson, Cassidy
Óhéigeartaigh, Seán S.
Osbourn, Anne
Palmer, Megan
Patron, Nicola J.
Perello, Edward
Restrepo-Schild, Vanessa
Rios-Rojas, Clarissa
Rhodes, Catherine
Roessing, Anna
Scott, Deborah
Shapira, Philip
Simuntala, Christopher
Smith, Robert D.J.
Sundaram, Lalitha S.
Takano, Eriko
Uttmark, Gwyn
Wintle, Bonnie
Zahra, Nadia B.
Sutherland, William J.
Date Issued
May 1, 2020
Type
Article
Abstract
Horizon scanning is intended to identify the opportunities and threats associated with technological, regulatory and social change. In 2017 some of the present authors conducted a horizon scan for bioengineering (Wintle et al., 2017). Here we report the results of a new horizon scan that is based on inputs from a larger and more international group of 38 participants. The final list of 20 issues includes topics spanning from the political (the regulation of genomic data, increased philanthropic funding and malicious uses of neurochemicals) to the environmental (crops for changing climates and agricultural gene drives). The early identification of such issues is relevant to researchers, policy-makers and the wider public.
Citation
Elife, 9, 1-20, 2020