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3 Strategies for Advancing Synthetic Biology
3 Strategies for Advancing Synthetic Biology
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During the course of the symposia series, representatives from China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the OECD discussed national plans, as well as planned and ongoing international collaborations, for stimulating progress in synthetic biology. China In Washington, DC, Xian-en Zhang, Director General, Basic Research Department, China Ministry of Science and Technology, stated that the People's Republic of China is seeking to position itself as a global leader in synthetic biology.
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, with 260 million Yuan allocated for synthetic biology.4 This total research budget accounts for 1.8 percent of China's gross domestic product or GDP (though this is still less than research funding in the OECD, which accounts for 2 percent of GDP, and in the United States, which accounts for 2.7 percent of GDP) .5 Despite the many technical challenges facing the field, China sees synthetic biology as ushering in a new era of economic growth powered by technology.
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government views synthetic biology as a potentially revolutionary platform with very promising commercial possibilities.
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The U.K.'s TSB, a public entity focused on increasing innovation in technological fields with commercial potential, has included synthetic biology on its short list of the top four emerging technologies and has estimated that the field will generate a market worth up to $20 billion by 2020. This projection, Perkins said, caused an independent, industry-led group to develop a roadmap for making the U.K.
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Gemmill concluded his remarks by observing that, "These are the people who one day might, or might not, be buying your product." United States The United States has been an early leader in synthetic biology. The American synthetic biology community plays a vital role in research and in the development of multi-country partnerships.
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Craig Venter Institute publicized the creation of the first cell containing a complete, self-replicating synthetic genome, President Obama directed the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to review the field of synthetic biology and develop ethical guidelines aimed at providing maximum public benefits while minimizing risks. In Shanghai, Anita L
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National Science Foundation contributed $16 million to the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC) based at University of California, Berkeley.
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Participants reached consensus on the need for guidelines on in ternational cooperation, innovative intellectual property management, and ways of measuring the impact of genomics. Delivering Economic Value from Synthetic Biology, a summit in Sydney, Australia, in March 2012.
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