The ethics of synthetic biology: Outlining the agenda

Synthetic Biology: The Technoscience and Its Societal Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-79

  Deplazes, Anna ^a   Ganguli Mitra, Agomoni ^a   Biller Andorno, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79956095172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2678-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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