Regulation of synthetic biology : bioBricks, biopunks and bioentrepreneurs /

This book explores the interplay between regulation and emerging technologies in the context of synthetic biology, a developing field that promises great benefits, and has already yielded fuels and medicines made with designer micro-organisms. For all its promise, however, it also poses various risk...

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Hlavní autor: McLennan, Alison (Autor)
Typ dokumentu: Kniha
Jazyk:Angličtina
Vydáno: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
Edice:Elgar studies in law and regulation
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Příbuzné jednotky:Tištěná verze:: Regulation of synthetic biology : bioBricks, biopunks and bioentrepreneurs
Obsah:
  • Part I: The new world of synthetic biology: possibilities, challenges and debates
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Making biology easy to engineer: the science of synthetic biology, the emergence of the field and its major applications
  • 3. Science meets politics, activists and governance: evaluating key positions in synthetic biology debates
  • 4. New directions : the United States presidential commission's investigation of synthetic biology's risks, benefits and oversight
  • Part II: Regulating for the risks
  • 5. Environmental risk: uncertainty, precaution, prudent vigilance and adaptation
  • 6. Synthetic biology, biosafety and 'biopunks'
  • 7. Biosecurity: potential for deliberate misuse of synthetic biology
  • Part III Regulating for the benefits
  • 8. How will patents affect synthetic biology?
  • 10. Conclusion and future directions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.