Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life
Genome editing enables very accurate alterations to DNA. It promises profound and potentially disruptive changes in healthcare, agriculture, industry, and the environment. This paper presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the contemporary development of genome editing and the tension between conti...
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| author | Paul Martin Michael Morrison Ilke Turkmendag Brigitte Nerlich Aisling McMahon Stevienna de Saille Andrew Bartlett |
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| description | Genome editing enables very accurate alterations to DNA. It promises profound and potentially disruptive changes in healthcare, agriculture, industry, and the environment. This paper presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the contemporary development of genome editing and the tension between continuity and change. It draws on the idea that actors involved in innovation are guided by “sociotechnical regimes” composed of practices, institutions, norms, and cultural beliefs. The analysis focuses on how genome editing is emerging in different domains and whether this marks continuity or disruption of the established biotechnology regime. In conclusion, it will be argued that genome editing is best understood as a technology platform that is being powerfully shaped by this existing regime but is starting to disrupt the governance of biotechnology. In the longer term is it set to converge with other powerful technology platforms, which together will fundamentally transform the capacity to engineer life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1ce07f26e114f6b82a9497cd0e2847f2023-09-19T15:22:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupNew Genetics and Society1463-67781469-99152020-04-0139221924210.1080/14636778.2020.17301661730166Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of lifePaul Martin0Michael Morrison1Ilke Turkmendag2Brigitte Nerlich3Aisling McMahon4Stevienna de Saille5Andrew Bartlett6iHuman and Department of Sociological Studies, University of SheffieldNuffield Department of Population Health, University of OxfordNewcastle Law School, Newcastle UniversityISS, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of NottinghamDepartment of Law, Maynooth UniversityiHuman and Department of Sociological Studies, University of SheffieldSATSU, Department of Sociology, University of YorkGenome editing enables very accurate alterations to DNA. It promises profound and potentially disruptive changes in healthcare, agriculture, industry, and the environment. This paper presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the contemporary development of genome editing and the tension between continuity and change. It draws on the idea that actors involved in innovation are guided by “sociotechnical regimes” composed of practices, institutions, norms, and cultural beliefs. The analysis focuses on how genome editing is emerging in different domains and whether this marks continuity or disruption of the established biotechnology regime. In conclusion, it will be argued that genome editing is best understood as a technology platform that is being powerfully shaped by this existing regime but is starting to disrupt the governance of biotechnology. In the longer term is it set to converge with other powerful technology platforms, which together will fundamentally transform the capacity to engineer life.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2020.1730166genome editingsociotechnical regimetechnology platform |
| spellingShingle | Paul Martin Michael Morrison Ilke Turkmendag Brigitte Nerlich Aisling McMahon Stevienna de Saille Andrew Bartlett Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life New Genetics and Society genome editing sociotechnical regime technology platform |
| title | Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life |
| title_full | Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life |
| title_fullStr | Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life |
| title_short | Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life |
| title_sort | genome editing the dynamics of continuity convergence and change in the engineering of life |
| topic | genome editing sociotechnical regime technology platform |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2020.1730166 |
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