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GCRI · Biotecnología y bioseguridad

Doble uso y ética

Much life sciences research is dual use: knowledge, materials and technologies developed for beneficial purposes could also be misused to cause harm. This topic, studied at Biotechnology and Biosecurity, a platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), examines how research of concern is identified, how responsibility is shared between researchers, institutions, funders and publishers, and how concerns are escalated, alongside the wider ethical questions biotechnology raises.

02Cuestiones centrales

Lo que se preguntan los expertos.

  • How can research of concern be identified early, without discouraging beneficial science?
  • What responsibilities do researchers, institutions, funders and publishers each hold?
  • How should concerns be raised and escalated, and how are those who raise them protected?
  • How should the publication of sensitive findings be handled?
  • How do ethical questions of consent, equity and benefit sharing apply to biotechnology?
03Seguimiento

Registro de supervisión y capacidad.

La pantalla que utilizaría un equipo para seguir esta materia: sus mediciones, estados y decisiones. Los nombres son ejemplos y los valores son ilustrativos.

Registro de supervisión y capacidad

Dual use and ethics · National committee · Review year 2

  • Instituciones con comité, %
    61Vigilar
  • Personal formado, %
    64Normal
  • Revisiones completadas
    55este año
  • Informes de incidentes presentados
    13Info
Solo capacidad y supervisiónGCRI · Biotecnología y bioseguridad

Supervisión institucional

Institución AActivoQ487Actual
Campus de investigaciónActivoQ482Auditoría pendiente
Planta de biofabricaciónEn formaciónninguno46Apoyo
Red de diagnósticoActivoQ381Actual

Nota de alcance

Abarca
gobernanza, formación, capacidad de revisión
Excluye
métodos técnicos y agentes
Autoridad
organismo nacional de supervisión
Etiqueta
SURVEY
Oversight and capacity register: the screen’s structure, terms and states for Dual use and ethics.Nombres de ejemplo y valores ilustrativos; un diseño, no un registro ni un sistema en vivo.
04En todos los dominios

Dual-use governance applies wherever life-science research touches the domains.

Governance analyses are designed for the serie Exponential Technology. The WHO framework (2022) and the Biological Weapons Convention set the frame; GCRI publishes governance analysis, never methods of concern.

  • Governance comparisons.
  • Ethics review lessons.
05Métodos y evidencia

How dual use and ethics is modelled, measured and tested.

El modelo, sus supuestos, sus datos y su incertidumbre, en la forma en que un científico o un ingeniero los comprobaría. Las estructuras siguen métodos publicados. Los valores representados son ilustrativos, no hallazgos.

Bandas de incertidumbre

How far the outlook for dual use and ethics could spread, shown as ranges rather than a single line.

Ahora+5+10+15+20+25+30 yaltobajorango muy probablerango probable
Estimación central
mediana del conjunto
Rangos
probable y muy probable, en el lenguaje calibrado del IPCC
Conjunto
miembros, escenarios y condiciones iniciales declarados
Leer con
la sensibilidad del resultado a cada entrada
Dispersión ilustrativa de un conjunto de simulaciones en una escala de índice; la forma sigue la orientación del IPCC sobre incertidumbre. No es una proyección.
Principios rectores FAIR · GO FAIR y FORCE11W3C PROV · World Wide Web ConsortiumOrientación para un tratamiento coherente de las incertidumbres · IPCCCEOS Analysis Ready Data · Comité sobre Satélites de Observación de la Tierra
06Mecanismos

Factores impulsores y dinámicas.

Dual-use concerns arise because the same experiments that reveal how biological sistemas work can, in rare cases, produce knowledge or materials that could be misused. Policies in several countries define categories of research that require additional review, and funders and journals have developed processes for assessing sensitive work. These processes depend heavily on the judgement and awareness of researchers themselves.

Ethics in biotechnology extends beyond misuse: consent for the use of genetic data, equitable access to benefits, fair sharing of benefits from genetic resources, and respect for communities and ecosystems. A culture of responsibility, in which researchers consider consequences and feel able to raise concerns, is widely regarded as the foundation of effective governance. The platform works at the level of governance, evaluation and risk methods. It publishes no protocols, techniques or information that would increase anyone’s capacity to cause harm.

07Métodos y límites

How it is studied.

  1. 01

    Policy analysis

    Comparative studies of dual-use review policies, funder conditions and publication practices.

  2. 02

    Ethics frameworks

    Structured approaches for weighing benefits, risks and responsibilities in research decisions.

  3. 03

    Education research

    Studies of how training and culture influence awareness and reporting.

  4. 04

    Límites

    Misuse potential is hard to judge in advance, review processes vary in rigour, and discussions of risk must avoid creating the hazards they seek to prevent.

08Decisiones

What it informs and who decides.

This evidence informs institutional review processes, funder and publisher policies, training and national oversight frameworks. Researchers, institutional review committees, funders, publishers and regulators decide within their roles. Governance dialogue is convened by Gobernanza de la salud y la bioseguridad en el Global Risks Forum (GRF). Concerns can be raised through correcciones y cuestiones. Related topics are bioseguridad y bioprotección en el laboratorio, synthetic biology and biological threats; methods sit on molecular and life sciences.

Published analysis on this topic is designed to carry a named subject reviewer, its references and the views of independent specialists, including biosafety professionals and those who disagree.

09Fuentes

Where this page’s references lead.

Los organismos y documentos con los que se lee esta página. El estado y las ediciones cambian; cada enlace lleva al organismo emisor.

10Preguntas

Preguntas y respuestas.

Does dual use mean research should stop?
No. Most research has great benefit. The aim is to identify the small share that needs additional care and to manage it responsibly.
Who is responsible for identifying research of concern?
Responsibility is shared: researchers first, then institutions, funders, publishers and regulators.
How can I raise a concern about research?
Through your institution’s procedures, or write to el formulario de inquietudes de integridad. El acuse de recibo proporciona una referencia e indica el siguiente paso.
¿Quién revisa la cobertura de este tema?
Published analysis is designed to be reviewed by a named subject reviewer with relevant expertise, to cite its references and to include independent specialist voices. Where specialists disagree, the disagreement is reported rather than resolved by omission.
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