Synthetic biology for human health: issues for ethical discussion and policy-making.
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the [Journal of Bioethical Inquiry] following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [Biller-Andorno, N., ter Meulen, R., Newson, A. (2013) Editorial: Synthetic Biology for Human Health: Issues for Ethical Discussion and Policy-making. Bioethics 27(8): ii-iii. Published online: 9 SEP 2013] is available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bioe.12054/full (paid access).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Bioethics
دوره 27 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013