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This article, third in a series of six, describes Life Sciences Era activities. Life sciences, rapidly gaining momentum, will begin to dominate US economic activity by 2100, then predominate well into the following century (see Figure 1). Massive advances will follow as the 140 000 genes, and 3...
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The potential of biotechnology to cure disease and feed the Third World has not eased public disquiet about its safety …
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breeding crops and animals using biotechnology, for markets as diverse as power generation and pharmaceuticals. For Europe …
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This paper describes the field of biotechnology and likely advances in health care, agricultural and other applications … the life sciences a perspective of the broad scope of biotechnology. The forecasts at the end of each section illustrate …
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This essay examines the issues that the ongoing revolution in biosciences and biotechnology pose to social science. A …
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This paper develops four alternative scenarios depicting possible futures for genomics applications within a broader social context. The scenarios integrate forecasts for future genomics applications with key drivers that are shaping genomics. Each scenario is a narrative depiction of an...
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modification) remains the main theory in life sciences. However in biotechnology new concepts have risen. In parallel, organization … evolving a structure fitting for pre‐designed purposes by using bio‐technology methods, and will try and bridge the gap in …
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of modern biotechnology; this applies to the USA as well as Europe. However, controversies about insufficient risk … assessments, inadequate risk management or ethical acceptability in different applications of biotechnology co‐exist with …/implications – Better understanding of a more general problem, i.e. gaps in the framework in the introduction of biotechnology into the food …
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the biotechnology in the health sector as a case study. In this paper, the trends observed in patents and articles … worldwide clearly show the growth in biotechnology, which points to the need to prioritize this area, as well as opening up a …, it emphasizes the role of biotechnology as a catalyst for S&T and innovations in the world.  …
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Purpose – This paper aims to identify inducement and blocking mechanisms which impact the development of the life sciences innovation system in Finland. Innovation system analysis of emerging technologies is important for the design of technology-specific innovation policy measures to promote...
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