ArticleeLife2020
Bioengineering horizon scan 2020.
Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Organ chip research in Europe: players, initiatives, and policies.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Pooled it
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- Application and prospects of lung organ-on-a-chip in the development of new drugs.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Review
- Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues at the Intersection of National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Performance Enhancement.Science and engineering ethics · 2025Article
- Engineering biology and climate change mitigation: Policy considerations.Nature communications · 2024Review
- Public biofoundries as innovation intermediaries: the integration of translation, sustainability, and responsibility.The Journal of technology transfer · 2024Article
- Decoding semiotic minimal genome: a non-genocentric approach.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Fundamental Science and Engineering Questions in Planetary Cave Exploration.Journal of geophysical research. Planets · 2022Review
- A global forum on synthetic biology: the need for international engagement.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Applicability of Control Materials To Support Gene Promoter Characterization and Expression in Engineered Cells Using Digital PCR.Analytical chemistry · 2022Article
- Insect pest management in the age of synthetic biology.Plant biotechnology journal · 2022Review
- Known and Unknown Transboundary Infectious Diseases as Hybrid Threats.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- 80 questions for UK biological security.PloS one · 2021Article
- Bioengineering horizon scan 2020.eLife · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
36 authors at 20 institutions in 6 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Horizon scanning is intended to identify the opportunities and threats associated with technological, regulatory and social change. In 2017 some of the present authors conducted a horizon scan for bioengineering (Wintle et al., 2017). Here we report the results of a new horizon scan that is based on inputs from a larger and more international group of 38 participants. The final list of 20 issues includes topics spanning from the political (the regulation of genomic data, increased philanthropic funding and malicious uses of neurochemicals) to the environmental (crops for changing climates and agricultural gene drives). The early identification of such issues is relevant to researchers, policy-makers and the wider public.
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.