Societal impact of synthetic biology: Responsible research and innovation (RRI)

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 371-379

  Gregorowius, Daniel ^a   Deplazes Zemp, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INVENTION; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

HUMANS; INVENTIONS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85013393603     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/EBC20160039     Document Type: Article

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