Board on Life Sciences
The Board on Life Sciences is now incorporated in to the Life Sciences and Biotechnology Program Area (https://www.nationalacademies.org/units/CHPP-LSB-25-P-708)
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New Report: Strategic Report on Research and Development in Biotechnology for Defense Innovation
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This report offers a strategic vision for connecting scientists and technologists to build on, leverage, and tailor advances at the intersection of AI/ML, automated experimentation, and biotechnology to drive innovation in defense-related biotechnologies.
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Mirror Image Biology: Pushing the Envelope in Designing Biological Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop
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·2026
The Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund asked the National Academies to hold a workshop on mirror biology to discuss the state of the science, risks, benefits, and possible governance of technology milestones leading up to the development of replication-competent, self-sufficient, mirror-image bacteria. T...
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