Ethical and social issues in nanobiotechnologies: Nano2Life provides a European ethical 'think tank' for research in biology at the nanoscale

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 754-758

  Bruce, Donald ^a  

^a Society   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; STEROID;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; RITUAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEM CELL GENE THERAPY; WELFARE;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33747779707     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400762     Document Type: Review

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