As an international quartet of digital disease detection researchers wrote recently in PLoS Computational Biology: «Current regulatory and
ethical oversight mechanisms are ill - equipped to address the entire spectrum of [digital disease detection]- type activities.»
Not exact matches
The risks of releasing synthetic organisms into the environment — intentionally or unintentionally — have barely begun to be defined, and the urgently needed
ethical, legal and regulatory
oversight mechanisms have yet to be developed.
The report contained 18 recommendations designed to help ensure that, as synthetic biology advances, the risks and
ethical concerns are proactively addressed, the public is continually engaged, and
oversight mechanisms are assessed and adjusted as needed to protect public health and the environment.