| Title |
Synthetic biology as a source of global health innovation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Systems and Synthetic Biology, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11693-013-9117-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jenny Rooke |
| Abstract |
Synthetic biology has the potential to contribute breakthrough innovations to the pursuit of new global health solutions. Wishing to harness the emerging tools of synthetic biology for the goals of global health, in 2011 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation put out a call for grant applications to "Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges" under its "Grand Challenges Explorations" program. A highly diverse pool of over 700 applications was received. Proposed applications of synthetic biology to global health needs included interventions such as therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics, as well as strategies for biomanufacturing, and the design of tools and platforms that could further global health research. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 44 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 27% |
| Researcher | 12 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 16% |
| Unknown | 6 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 41% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 10% |
| Engineering | 5 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |
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