The legal regulation of gene drive technologies

Thesis

Gene drive technologies purport to provide a panacea and yet in doing so present unprecedented risks that threaten to change, potentially irreversibly, the way in which we live in the world. Gene drive technologies raise questions about what ends societies ought to seek for their citizens, how they are constituted and how those ends might be attained. Despite this, current discussions surrounding gene drive technologies and their regulation focus almost exclusively on the technical implica...

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Authors: Elves, C

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Administrative Law; Ethics; Regulation; Emerging Technologies; Uncertainty; Risk