Disentangling Public Participation In Science and Biomedicine

Introduction: Public Participation in Science and Technology in East Asia

In the recent history of democracy, East Asian countries have tried vigorously to consolidate their democratic foundation, and to implement new practices of public participations to create strong civil societies. Such efforts extend to the field of science and technology policy-making, which has been dominated by elites and experts, but has now become the touchstone to examine the depth of demo...

Public participation in science: still in need of definition.

Molecular Science for Drug Development and Biomedicine

With the avalanche of biological sequences generated in the postgenomic age, molecular science is facing an unprecedented challenge, i.e., how to timely utilize the huge amount of data to benefit human beings. Stimulated by such a challenge, a rapid development has taken place in molecular science, particularly in the areas associated with drug development and biomedicine, both experimental and...

Biomedicine and Biotechnology: Public Health Impact

1 Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Gurgaon, India 2The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), India 3 Immunology and InfectionDepartment, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine, UK 4Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221 005, India 5 National Brain Research Center, NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, H...

Opinion: Conducting science in the public eye

Doing science is usually hidden behinds the wall of the lab and universities, and thus immune from immediate public scrutiny. The current COVID-19 pandemic has dragged the scientific process and its fruits in the public eye. In this short piece, I attempt to discuss the effect of conducting science in the public eye on the public’s perception of science and scientists.