Biotechnology and the UN: New Challenges, New Failures: The UN is carving itself a role in international biotechnology regulation, but to what End?

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 831-834

  Miller, Henry I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0029938869     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0796-831     Document Type: Article

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