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ReviewNature communications2024

Engineering biology and climate change mitigation: Policy considerations.

Jonathan Symons, Thomas A Dixon, Jacqueline Dalziell, Natalie Curach, Ian T Paulsen, Anthony Wiskich, Isak S Pretorius

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Review in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jonathan SymonsAustralian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. jonathan.symons@mq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-9614
Thomas A DixonAustralian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-2301
Jacqueline DalziellSchool of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Natalie CurachHydGene Renewables, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ian T PaulsenAustralian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9015-9418
Anthony WiskichCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6245-6028
Isak S PretoriusAustralian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-3175

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering biology (EngBio) is a dynamic field that uses gene editing, synthesis, assembly, and engineering to design new or modified biological systems. EngBio applications could make a significant contribution to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, policy support will be needed if EngBio is to fulfil its climate mitigation potential. What form should such policies take, and what EngBio applications should they target? This paper reviews EngBio's potential climate contributions to assist policymakers shape regulations and target resources and, in so doing, to facilitate democratic deliberation on desirable futures.

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Climate ChangeGreenhouse GasesBiologyPolicyGreenhouse Gases

Identifiers

PMID38531884
PMCPMC10965893

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