Revolutionary advances in the life sciences are poised to have a transformative global impact. The US National Intelligence Council has identified nine fundamental technological breakthroughs likely to occur by 2025; four of these - clean-water technology, biogerontechnology (health aids for seniors), biofuels and human cognitive-enhancement technologies - will lean heavily on biotechnology. However, today's cutting-edge life-sciences techniques, knowledge, materials and equipment can also be deliberately or inadvertently misapplied, with potentially catastrophic effects.
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