Managing the unimaginable. Regulatory responses to the challenges posed by synthetic biology and synthetic genomics

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Samuel, Gabrielle N ^a   Selgelid, Michael J ^a,b   Kerridge, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISINIC ACID; BIOFUEL; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOETHICS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSAFETY; EBOLA VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; JUSTICE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYNTHETIC GENOMICS; TERRORISM;

BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 58049084323     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.232     Document Type: Article

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