Synthetic Biology The technoscience and its societal consequences /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Schmidt, Markus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kelle, Alexander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ganguli-Mitra, Agomoni (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vriend, Huib (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• That Was the Synthetic Biology That Was
• An Introduction to Synthetic Biology
• Computational Design in Synthetic Biology
• The Ethics of Synthetic Biology: Outlining the Agenda
• Do I Understand What I Can Create?
• Security Issues Related to Synthetic Biology
• The Intellectual Commons and Property in Synthetic Biology
• Governing Synthetic Biology: Processes and Outcomes
• Synthetic Biology and the Role of Civil Society Organizations
• Summary and Conclusions.