Bøger af and Law Committee on Science

"This final report contains the full contents of Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research: A New Regulatory Framework for the 21st Century: Part 1, which was initially released as a separate publication"--Publisher's website.

As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues associated with synthetic biology. This book summarizes the symposia proceedings.

Provides a plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community.

Offers a study on the ethical, legal, and societal issues relating to the research on, development of, and use of rapidly changing technologies with low barriers of entry that have potential military application, such as information technologies, synthetic biology, and nanotechnology.