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5 Stud. Ethics L. & Tech. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/selt5 and id is 1 raw text is: Harmon: A Sci-Tech Culture in Argentina? INTRODUCTION It is a fact of the modem, global, information/knowledge-based socio-economic milieu that 'science and innovation matter'. Capacity, activity and innovation in high technologies are widely seen to be (and therefore are) important elements of sustainable development, critical to social and economic life in the new world order, which is characterised by unstable global economics, collaborative international science, near instant communication, and, arguably, socio-cultural convergence. Indeed, both governments and non-governmental organisations are seeking to use the sci-tech field as an engine for growth and competitiveness. The biosciences sector more specifically, together with nanotechnology, has proven very appealing to industry, academia, policy-makers, and segments of the polity, who see them as important vehicles for the delivery and advancement of modern healthcare (Scientific American). Within the biosciences, regenerative medicine and its related biotechnologies have emerged as particularly powerful mobilisers. They are noteworthy because their significance goes well beyond the economic; from a social perspective they are 'change-instigators'. For example, they: * redefine how we characterise health and ill-health, normalcy and abnormality; * influence how we investigate health and disease; * transform our ideas of what might be possible from a health perspective; and * shape how we structure healthcare delivery. However, becoming a leader (or even a competitor) in the emerging (bio)techno- based era places a variety of demands on policymakers. They must: * commit significant financial and human resources to a variety of (bio)technologies; * target specific (bio)technologies in which to build national strengths; * understand how knowledge is generated and facilitate its creation/dissemination; and * encourage the (relatively) rapid uptake and (relatively) smooth integration of technologies into society. 1

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