The Ethics of Synthetic Biology: Suggestions for a Comprehensive Approach

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  • Allen Buchanan
  • Russell Powell
چکیده

1. Applications include (inter alia) renewable biofuels, pharmaceuticals, technical materials, nuclear waste disposal, chemical detoxification, superefficient agriculture, energy harvesting and conversion, and geoengineering. Creating a so-called ‘minimal microbe’ template could streamline the design of biological systems or their components, which could then be engineered for a host of specialized applications, such as those described above.

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تاریخ انتشار 2010