Open AccessNew sequencing methods
Author(s) -
Elsbeth Bösl,
Stefanie Samida
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zeitschrift für technikfolgenabschätzung in theorie und praxis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2568-020X
pISSN - 2567-8833
DOI - 10.14512/tatup.30.2.11
Subject(s) - repertoire , dna sequencing , data science , field (mathematics) , emerging technologies , identity (music) , engineering ethics , computer science , computational biology , biology , engineering , genetics , dna , artificial intelligence , physics , mathematics , acoustics , pure mathematics
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.