The Synthetic Biology Revolution: Mapping a Future Research Agenda

Leary, DK

The Synthetic Biology Revolution: Mapping a Future Research Agenda

Leary, DK

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Publisher:: Law School, University of Tasmania
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: The University of Tasmania Law Review, 2015, 34, (1), pp. 110-127
Issue Date:: 2015-09-15

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dc.contributor.author	Leary, DK
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-30T05:01:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-30
dc.date.available	2021-04-30T05:01:27Z
dc.date.issued	2015-09-15
dc.identifier.citation	The University of Tasmania Law Review, 2015, 34, (1), pp. 110-127
dc.identifier.issn	0082-2108
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148556
dc.description.abstract	Synthetic biology represents a startling and perhaps revolutionary development in the biosciences with significant implications for the future of biotechnology and its interface with international environmental law. This article identifies the challenges the synthetic biology revolution poses for international environmental law and sets out key research questions for the future. The note opens by first examining how synthetic biology differs from GMO's and provides a brief insight into the current scale of research and development relating to synthetic biology and the ' focus of its recent developments. Beyond that the article then goes on to highlight some of the key environmental risks associated with this revolutionary technology. The note examines the ongoing debates surrounding synthetic biology in the forums associated with the 1992 United Nations Convention on Biblogical Diversity. Finally, the note concludes willI a brief comment on the need for responses shaped under international environmental law to also be linked to developments in other areas of law especially laws dealing with weapons proliferation and terrorism.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Law School, University of Tasmania
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dc.subject	1801 Law
dc.title	The Synthetic Biology Revolution: Mapping a Future Research Agenda
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Abstract:

Synthetic biology represents a startling and perhaps revolutionary development in the biosciences with significant implications for the future of biotechnology and its interface with international environmental law. This article identifies the challenges the synthetic biology revolution poses for international environmental law and sets out key research questions for the future. The note opens by first examining how synthetic biology differs from GMO's and provides a brief insight into the current scale of research and development relating to synthetic biology and the ' focus of its recent developments. Beyond that the article then goes on to highlight some of the key environmental risks associated with this revolutionary technology. The note examines the ongoing debates surrounding synthetic biology in the forums associated with the 1992 United Nations Convention on Biblogical Diversity. Finally, the note concludes willI a brief comment on the need for responses shaped under international environmental law to also be linked to developments in other areas of law especially laws dealing with weapons proliferation and terrorism.

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