Synthetic biology: Ethical ramifications 2009

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Rabinow, Paul ^a   Bennett, Gaymon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ELSI; Human practices; Social consequences; SynBERC; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350398851     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9042-7     Document Type: Article

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