Synthetic Biology The technoscience and its societal consequences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schmidt, Markus (Editor), Kelle, Alexander (Editor), Ganguli-Mitra, Agomoni (Editor), Vriend, Huib (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Medical ethics.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Economic policy.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; R & D/Technology Policy.

Synthetic biology is becoming one of the most dynamic new fields of biology, with the potential to revolutionize the way we do biotechnology today. By applying the toolbox of engineering disciplines to biology, a whole set of potential applications become possible ranging very widely across scientif...