UK must do more to lead innovation in bio-tech sector, Lords committee says
The UK has already lost its position as a world-leader in certain scientific innovations and technologies, and is in “severe” danger of slipping further behind without urgent action, a House of Lords report has warned.
The cross-party Lords Science and Technology Committee said the UK must do more to boost innovation in the area of engineering biology to prevent it from entering a “doom loop” where foreign competitors leapfrog British efforts.
The report follows an eight-month inquiry into engineering biology, an emerging area of science which uses and adapts nature to help solve key societal problems around food, healthcare, energy and manufacturing.
UK must do more to lead innovation in bio-tech sector, Lords committee says
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