Emerging technologies can be categorised as either new, or continuing advancement of existing ones that may be widely available within a few years. Globally, the rapid growth in the field of biotechnology has led to the emergence of newer technologies that have the potential to impact various aspects of people’s lives. Technologies such as gene therapy, gene editing, synthetic biology, and nanobiotechnology are being used to address a variety of challenges such as treating genetic disorders, eliminating tropical diseases like malaria, and using targeted medicine to treat cancer. [1] At the same time, however, these technologies present unique regulatory and bioethical conundrums.
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