Synthetic biology and the ethics of knowledge
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Synthetic biology and the ethics of knowledge.
Synthetic biologists aim to generate biological organisms according to rational design principles. Their work may have many beneficial applications, but it also raises potentially serious ethical concerns. In this article, we consider what attention the discipline demands from bioethicists. We argue that the most important issue for ethicists to examine is the risk that knowledge from synthetic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.038232