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\"Synthetic<\/a><\/p>\n

Public sector funding of synthetic biology projects is rising each year, and the\u00a0numbers from the \u201cU.S. Trends in Synthetic Biology Research Funding<\/a>\u201d report\u00a0show an explosion of resources coming from DARPA since 2010.<\/p>\n

No doubt this is a strategic area of knowledge, and it is not basic science anymore \u2013\u00a0it is business.\u00a0Some interesting numbers:<\/p>\n

Two-thirds of all the U.S. money invested comes from Department of\u00a0Defense, bringing some worries about biological weapons.<\/p>\n

Less them 1 percent of all the money is been invested in risk research\u00a0and studies about ethical and moral issues.<\/p>\n

So, there is a lot of money going to develop this technology but almost nothing going\u00a0to address the question \u201cHow should\u00a0we use it?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"20130216_091216_synbio650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson Center finds the Defense Department and its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government\u2019s research in this field, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk research.<\/p>\n

The report, U.S. Trends in Synthetic Biology Research<\/em>, finds that between 2008 and 2014, the United States invested approximately $820 million dollars in synthetic biology research. In that time period, the Defense Department became a key funder of synthetic biology research. DARPA\u2019s investments, for example, increased from near zero in 2010 to more than $100 million in 2014 \u2013 more than three times the amount spent by the National Science Foundation (NSF).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe increase in DARPA research spending comes as NSF is winding down its initial investment in the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, or SynBERC,\u201d says Dr. Todd Kuiken, senior program associate with the project. \u201cAfter the SynBERC funding ends next year, it is unclear if there will be a dedicated research program outside of the Pentagon. There is also little investment addressing potential risks and ethical issues, which can affect public acceptance and market growth as the field advances.\u201d
\n\"synthetic<\/a>Sources:<\/p>\n

U.S. Trends in Synthetic Biology Research Funding report<\/a><\/p>\n

The big trends in synthetic biology you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

Navigating the future of synthetic biology<\/a><\/p>\n

Military becomes the major funder of synthetic biology<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public sector funding of synthetic biology projects is rising each year, and the\u00a0numbers from the \u201cU.S. Trends in Synthetic Biology Research Funding\u201d report\u00a0show an explosion of resources coming from DARPA since 2010. No doubt this is a strategic area of knowledge, and it is not basic science anymore \u2013\u00a0it is business.\u00a0Some interesting numbers: Two-thirds of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[106,554,107,250,105],"yoast_head":"\nSynthetic biology funding - Mind the Graph Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Know how synthetic biology is funded and who is funding it. Guess what? 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