FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Framing the Issue -- 2 Global Drivers and Trajectories of Advanced Life Sciences Technologies -- 3 Advances in Technologies with Relevance to Biology: The Future Landscape -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Acronyms and Abbreviations -- APPENDIX B Committee Meetings -- APPENDIX C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.