Accelerating Innovation in 21st Century Biosciences: Identifying the Measurement, Standards, and Technological Challenges. (July 2009)

摘要

Observations that emerged from the conference include the following: Improvements in the biosciences are key to global economic security and quality of life in the future; A much deeper understanding of complex biological systems is needed; Highly sophisticated measurements are needed in order to study the relevant changes that occur in complex biomolecular networks; Major measurement challenges exist that are stifling innovation in the biosciences; Current technology is inadequate due to a very limited measurement infrastructure that allows scientists to have confidence in only a very small percentage of the biomeasurements being conducted; New multiplex, multiparametric measurement technologies must be invented and developed; These new measurement systems will rely heavily on the accuracy and comparability of the data obtained from current technologies as a basis upon which to build the new systems; Standardization of current measurement technologies will be needed to enable next-generation systems; Standardization of next-generation biomeasurement systems that bridge historical and new data will be needed as new methods emerge.