Term Paper for Dr. Gary Marchant, LAW 691: Biotechnology, Law, and Society, Arizona State University, 2012
The Goldilocks Dilemma and Polycentric Governance: Risks and Regulation in Synthetic Biology
Table of Contents
Introduction. 2
I. What is Synthetic Biology?. 3
A. Risk Categories: Biosafety and Biosecurity…………………………………………………….. 6
II. Governance of Biosafety Risks: 7
A. What is Biosafety?………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
B. Biosafety: Historical Development and Limits. 8
C. Government: Existing US Regulations for Containment and Risk Assessment 10
C. Governance: Other Biosafety Considerations. 15
III. Governance of Biosecurity Risks: 17
A. Introduction: Biosecurity and the Sociology of Risk. 18
B. Polycentric Biosecurity Governance. 19
C. Street-level Governance and the Internet………………………………………………………….. 22
A. Federal Efforts at the International Scale. 24
B. NSABB: Oversight, Science Advising, Interdependence……………………………….. 25
VI. Conclusion: Goldilocks and Governance. 26
V. Endnotes…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29………
INTRODUCTION
This essay is a survey of how basic risk categories associated with synthetic biology are defined, assessed and actively managed. The inquiry is motivated by “the…
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