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Taitingfong RI, Triplett C, Vásquez VN, Rajagopalan RM, Raban R, Roberts A, Terradas G, Baumgartner B, Emerson C, Gould F, Okumu F, Schairer CE, Bossin HC, Buchman L, Campbell KJ, Clark A, Delborne J, Esvelt K, Fisher J, Friedman RM, Gronvall G, Gurfield N, Heitman E, Kofler N, Kuiken T, Kuzma J, Manrique-Saide P, Marshall JM, Montague M, Morrison AC, Opesen CC, Phelan R, Piaggio A, Quemada H, Rudenko L, Sawadogo N, Smith R, Tuten H, Ullah A, Vorsino A, Windbichler N, Akbari OS, Long K, Lavery JV, Evans SW, Tountas K, Bloss CS. Exploring the value of a global gene drive project registry. Nat Biotechnol 2023; 41:9-13. [PMID: 36522496 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-022-01591-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Riley I Taitingfong
- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Center for Empathy and Technology, Institute for Empathy and Compassion, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Energy and Resources Group, Rausser College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Center for Empathy and Technology, Institute for Empathy and Compassion, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Entomology, the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Medical Entomology Laboratory, William A. Robinson Polynesian Research Center, Institut Louis Malardé, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Vector Control Program, Department of Environmental Health and Quality, County of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Scientific Citizenship Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Laboratorio para el Control Biológico de Aedes aegypti, Unidad Colaborativa de Bioensayos Entomológicos, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México
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- Divisions of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, United States Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- BioPolicy Solutions, LLC, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, School of Social & Political Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Center for Ethics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Program on Science, Technology & Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- GeneConvene Global Collaborative, Science Division, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Center for Empathy and Technology, Institute for Empathy and Compassion, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Thizy D, Pare Toe L, Mbogo C, Matoke-Muhia D, Alibu VP, Barnhill-Dilling SK, Chantler T, Chongwe G, Delborne J, Kapiriri L, Nassonko Kavuma E, Koloi-Keaikitse S, Kormos A, Littler K, Lwetoijera D, Vargas de Moraes R, Mumba N, Mutengu L, Mwichuli S, Nabukenya SE, Nakigudde J, Ndebele P, Ngara C, Ochomo E, Odiwuor Ondiek S, Rivera S, Roberts AJ, Robinson B, Sambakunsi R, Saxena A, Sykes N, Tarimo BB, Tiffin N, Tountas KH. Proceedings of an expert workshop on community agreement for gene drive research in Africa - Co-organised by KEMRI, PAMCA and Target Malaria. Gates Open Res 2021; 5:19. [PMID: 33884362 PMCID: PMC8042295 DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13221.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Gene drive research is progressing towards future field evaluation of modified mosquitoes for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. While many literature sources and guidance point to the inadequacy of individual informed consent for any genetically modified mosquito release, including gene drive ones, (outside of epidemiological studies that might require blood samples) and at the need for a community-level decision, researchers often find themselves with no specific guidance on how that decision should be made, expressed and by whom. Target Malaria, the Kenya Medical Research Institute and the Pan African Mosquito Control Association co-organised a workshop with researchers and practitioners on this topic to question the model proposed by Target Malaria in its research so far that involved the release of genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes and how this could be adapted to future studies involving gene drive mosquito releases for them to offer reflections about potential best practices. This paper shares the outcomes of that workshop and highlights the remaining topics for discussion before a comprehensive model can be designed.
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- Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Kenyan Institute of Medical Research, Kilifi, Kenya.,Pan African Mosquito Control Association, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Pan African Mosquito Control Association, Nairobi, Kenya.,Kenyan Institute of Medical Research, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Health, Ageing and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- University of California Irvine Malaria Initiative, Irvine, USA
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- Global Health Ethics Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Kenyan Institute of Medical Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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- International Center for Evaluation and Development, nairobi, Kenya
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- College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
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- Kenyan Institute of Medical Research, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program, Blantyre, Malawi
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- The INCLEN Trust International, Delhi, India.,Institut Ethique Histoire Humanités, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vector Immunity and Transmission Biology Unit, Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences,, ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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- Division of Computational Biology, and Wellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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Thizy D, Pare Toe L, Mbogo C, Matoke-Muhia D, Alibu VP, Barnhill-Dilling SK, Chantler T, Chongwe G, Delborne J, Kapiriri L, Nassonko Kavuma E, Koloi-Keaikitse S, Kormos A, Littler K, Lwetoijera D, Vargas de Moraes R, Mumba N, Mutengu L, Mwichuli S, Nabukenya SE, Nakigudde J, Ndebele P, Ngara C, Ochomo E, Odiwuor Ondiek S, Rivera S, Roberts AJ, Sambakunsi R, Saxena A, Sykes N, Tarimo BB, Tiffin N, Tountas KH. Proceedings of an expert workshop on community agreement for gene drive research in Africa - Co-organised by KEMRI, PAMCA and Target Malaria. Gates Open Res 2021; 5:19. [DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13221.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Gene drive research is progressing towards future field evaluation of modified mosquitoes for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. While many literature sources and guidance point to the inadequacy of individual informed consent for any genetically modified mosquito release, including gene drive ones, (outside of epidemiological studies that might require blood samples) and at the need for a community-level decision, researchers often find themselves with no specific guidance on how that decision should be made, expressed and by whom. Target Malaria, the Kenya Medical Research Institute and the Pan African Mosquito Control Association co-organised a workshop with researchers and practitioners on this topic to question the model proposed by Target Malaria in its research so far that involved the release of genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes and how this could be adapted to future studies involving gene drive mosquito releases for them to offer reflections about potential best practices. This paper shares the outcomes of that workshop and highlights the remaining topics for discussion before a comprehensive model can be designed.
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Godwin J, Serr M, Barnhill-Dilling SK, Blondel DV, Brown PR, Campbell K, Delborne J, Lloyd AL, Oh KP, Prowse TAA, Saah R, Thomas P. Rodent gene drives for conservation: opportunities and data needs. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20191606. [PMID: 31690240 PMCID: PMC6842857 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Invasive rodents impact biodiversity, human health and food security worldwide. The biodiversity impacts are particularly significant on islands, which are the primary sites of vertebrate extinctions and where we are reaching the limits of current control technologies. Gene drives may represent an effective approach to this challenge, but knowledge gaps remain in a number of areas. This paper is focused on what is currently known about natural and developing synthetic gene drive systems in mice, some key areas where key knowledge gaps exist, findings in a variety of disciplines relevant to those gaps and a brief consideration of how engagement at the regulatory, stakeholder and community levels can accompany and contribute to this effort. Our primary species focus is the house mouse, Mus musculus, as a genetic model system that is also an important invasive pest. Our primary application focus is the development of gene drive systems intended to reduce reproduction and potentially eliminate invasive rodents from islands. Gene drive technologies in rodents have the potential to produce significant benefits for biodiversity conservation, human health and food security. A broad-based, multidisciplinary approach is necessary to assess this potential in a transparent, effective and responsible manner.
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- John Godwin
- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Health and Biosecurity, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Island Conservation, Charles Darwin Avenue, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- National Wildlife Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Island Conservation, Charles Darwin Avenue, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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- School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Adelman Z, Akbari O, Bauer J, Bier E, Bloss C, Carter SR, Callender C, Denis ACS, Cowhey P, Dass B, Delborne J, Devereaux M, Ellsworth P, Friedman RM, Gantz V, Gibson C, Hay BA, Hoddle M, James AA, James S, Jorgenson L, Kalichman M, Marshall J, McGinnis W, Newman J, Pearson A, Quemada H, Rudenko L, Shelton A, Vinetz JM, Weisman J, Wong B, Wozniak C. Rules of the road for insect gene drive research and testing. Nat Biotechnol 2019; 35:716-718. [PMID: 28787415 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Zach Adelman
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
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- Office of Science Policy, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Zagaya Foundation, Emeryville, California, USA
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- Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA
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- Jason Delborne
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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Abstract
Frameworks that govern the development and application of novel products, such as the products of synthetic biology, should involve all those who are interested or potentially affected by the products. The governance arrangements for novel products should also provide a democratic mechanism that allows affected parties to express their opinions on the direction that innovation does or does not take. In this paper we examine rationales, obstacles and opportunities for public participation in governance of novel synthetic biology products. Our analysis addresses issues such as uncertainties, the considering of alternative innovations, and broader social and environmental implications. The crucial issues in play go beyond safety alone, to include contending social values around diverse notions of benefit and harm. The paper highlights the need for more inclusive social appraisal mechanisms to inform governance of Synthetic Biology and alternative products, and discusses a few practical methods to help achieve this goal.
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- Andrew Stirling
- Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH UK
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- Data61, CSIRO, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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Anderson AA, Delborne J, Kleinman DL. Information beyond the forum: Motivations, strategies, and impacts of citizen participants seeking information during a consensus conference. Public Underst Sci 2013; 22:955-970. [PMID: 23825244 DOI: 10.1177/0963662512447173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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During traditional consensus conferences, organizers control the formal information available to participants-by compiling structured background materials and recruiting expert panelists. Less formally, however, participants are encouraged to bring their own experiences into the deliberations, and in doing so, they often seek outside information. We explore this heretofore understudied phenomenon of information seeking during a deliberative event: the U.S. National Citizens' Technology Forum (2008), which addressed the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science on the potential development of human-enhancement technologies. Through interviews with participants and observation of in-person and online deliberations, we identify outside information-seeking strategies and motivations. Our study demonstrates that conceptualizing models of deliberation as standalone settings of communication exchange ignores the reality of the complex information environment from which deliberative participants draw when making sense of technical issues. Future citizen deliberations must incorporate outside information seeking in the design of the exercises.
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