From synthetic biology to biohacking: Are we prepared?

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1109-1111

  Bennett, Gaymon ^a   Gilman, Nils ^b   Stavrianakis, Anthony ^a   Rabinow, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; DANGER, RISK, SAFETY AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; FORECASTING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71849089413     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1209-1109     Document Type: Note

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