Synthetic Biology

A horizon scanning survey of gene drive development

Covering research up to 1 September 2024.

(2 pages)

Genetically engineered gene drives: IUCN report on Synthetic Biology lacks balance

A critique of the IUCN report ‘Genetic Frontiers for Conservation: An assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation’ – with regards to its assessment of gene drives

(30 pages)

Published by: Critical Scientists Switzerland (CSS), European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER), & Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW/FGS)

Gene Drives - a report on their science, applications, social aspects, ethics and regulations

(341 pages)

Gene Drives website

New Genetic Engineering Techniques: Precaution, Risk, and the Need to Develop Prior Societal Technology Assessment

(11 pages)

In: Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol 59, Issue 5 (The Precautionary Principle Under Fire), pages 38-47 (2017)

Synthetic biology: A continuing challenge for the CBD

(1 page)

[square brackets], issue 10 (May 2016)

Synthetic Biology needs urgent attention from the SBSTTA

(14 pages)

Potential Impacts of Synthetic Biology on the Biodiversity

(54 pages)

Synthetic Biology

Letter to New Scientist

(1 page)

New Scientiest, Issue 2772, p.24-25, 7 August 2010