Regulation of synthetic biology : BioBricks, biopunks and bioentrepreneurs /
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Author / Creator: | McLennan, Alison, author. |
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Imprint: | Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2018. |
Description: | 1 online resource (424 pages). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Elgar studies in law and regulation |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11655474 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents: 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.