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New Sequencing Methods: New Data and New Challenges

Bösl, Elsbeth; Samida, Stefanie (2021). New Sequencing Methods: New Data and New Challenges. TATuP: Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 30(2):11-17.

Abstract

Die Sequenzierung von DNA gehört heute zum Standardrepertoire der biologischen und medizinischen Forschung. Das um die Mitte der 2000er Jahre etablierte Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) war der wichtigste Auslöser für diese Entwicklung. NGS führte zu großen Erkenntnisgewinnen in den molekularen Biowissenschaften. Die neue Technologie liefert allerdings Daten, die Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft vor neue Herausforderungen stellen. Schon jetzt lässt sich in diesem Feld eine technikgetriebene Eigendynamik feststellen, die zu Transformationsprozessen in der Wissenschaft führt, wo sich neue Forschungsfelder herausbilden, aber auch in der Gesellschaft, in der Fragen von Identität zunehmend anhand von genetischen Analysen verhandelt werden.

Today, DNA sequencing is part of the standard repertoire of biological and medical research. Next generation sequencing (NGS), established around the mid-2000s, was the main catalyst for this development. NGS has led to major knowledge gains in the molecular life sciences. However, the new technology provides data that pose new challenges that both science and society still must learn to deal with. A technology-driven dynamic can already be observed in this field, leading to transformation processes in science, where new fields of research are emerging, but also in society, where questions of identity are increasingly being negotiated based on genetic analyses.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies
Dewey Decimal Classification:790 Sports, games & entertainment
390 Customs, etiquette & folklore
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Language:English
Date:2021
Deposited On:31 Jan 2022 08:25
Last Modified:17 Dec 2024 04:43
Publisher:Oekom Verlag
ISSN:2568-020X
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.30.2.11
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