The U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology publicly released its first report in January of this year - with ideas and recommendations "they will be advancing throughout …
Rice and Fertilizer are the Linchpins of Global Food Insecurity
Recent restrictions on rice exports by India prompt this analysis of the on the ground conditions of global food insecurity, returning to some of the themes we explored in The Future of Food …
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DoD launches the OTA-Funded Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program: Seeks Industry Proposals
For the seasoned government contractor and acquisitions professional, the not very tightly held secret is the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) is the only formal mechanism currently available for the …
Biotechnology in Warfare and Battle – and the Human Body as a Warfighting Domain
RAND researchers in a recently released report explore biology as the platform on which future wars will be fought. Plagues, Cyborgs, and Supersoldiers: The Human Domain of War "examines the …
Recent Developments in and the Future of the Bioeconomy in 2024
We have tracked vital recent developments in health security, bioengineering, synthetic biology, biotechnology, and medical technology - which are compiled here. The future of the U.S. Bioeconomy is …
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New Genetic Frontiers
There have been groundbreaking advancements in genetic engineering and new medical technologies are poised to disrupt the dialogue on health, ethics, global security, and the future of humanity. We …
The First FDA Approved CRISPR-based Medicine and the First Programmable, Logical Quantum Processor
The next ten years will be marked by all the uncertainties and unintended consequences that underpin so many doom and gloom scenarios. It is time to start tracking the abundance and breakthroughs …
The Future Now: The State of the Bioeconomy in 2023
The future is now. The Bioeconomy in 2023 is showing clear signs of opportunities for advantage created by the exponential disruption of the industrial base (including that of defense), coupled with …
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Hacking Humans – The New Genetic Frontiers
Hacking Humans – The New Genetic Frontiers Panel Description There have been groundbreaking advancements in genetic engineering and new medical technologies are poised to disrupt the dialogue on …
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The Strategic Implications of the Recent Data Scraping of Genetic Testing Market Leader 23andMe
The exponential growth of the bioeconomy is all at once an opportunity for strategic competitive advantage and wrought with the perils of unintended consequences wrought by broad data security and …