To genotype or phenotype for drug and food safety? Exiting the technology echo chambers

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2018Author
Ozdemir, VuralEndrenyi, Laszlo
Hekim, Nezih
Kunej, Tanja
Steuten, Lotte M.
Springer, Simon
Sardas, Semra
Erguler, Erol
Bayram, Mustafa
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Ozdemir, V., Endrenyi, L., Hekim, N., Kunej, T., Steuten, L. M., Springer, S., … Bayram, M. (2018). To Genotype or Phenotype for Drug and Food Safety? Exiting the Technology Echo Chambers. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, 22(8), 525–527. https://doi.org/10.1089/omi.2018.0111Abstract
Scholars throughout history have argued there is
nothing more important than understanding and explaining the world that we live in. Both scientists and social
scientists share this motivation. Yet, they employ different
tools and viewpoints.
Scientists and technology experts tend to focus on ‘‘doing
science’’ and related questions, such as ‘‘which knowledge is
being produced?’’ Social and political science scholars ask
questions relating to ‘‘how we do science.’’ Such differences in
the types of knowledges that are produced and sought after also
create values that differ between scientists and social scientists.
Scientists might value, for example, which technology
and biomarker are available for cancer precision medicine,
whereas social scientists would like to know the epistemology of scientific knowledge: how do we know what we
know? Who is funding and producing biomarker knowledge,
and to what ends?