TY - BOOK ID - 14301503 TI - Synthetic biology : the technoscience and its societal consequences AU - Schmidt, Markus AU - Ganguli-Mitra, Agomoni. AU - Kelle, Alexander. AU - Vriend, Huib. PY - 2009 SN - 9048126770 9400790724 9786612361258 1282361252 9048126789 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Science, DB - UniCat KW - Biotechnology. KW - Biotechnology KW - Genetic Engineering KW - Genetic Techniques KW - Technology KW - Biological Science Disciplines KW - Technology, Industry, and Agriculture KW - Natural Science Disciplines KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Technology, Industry, Agriculture KW - Bioengineering KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Social aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Syntetisk biologi KW - Bioengineering. KW - Medicine. KW - Medical ethics. KW - Quality control. KW - Reliability. KW - Industrial safety. KW - Economic policy. KW - Biomedicine. KW - Biomedicine general. KW - Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. KW - Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. KW - R & D/Technology Policy. KW - Chemical engineering KW - Genetic engineering KW - Biological engineering KW - Life science engineering KW - Biology KW - Engineering KW - Synthetic biology KW - System safety. KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economics KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Medical care KW - Medicine KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine KW - Safety, System KW - Safety of systems KW - Systems safety KW - Accidents KW - Industrial safety KW - Systems engineering KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Prevention KW - Biomedicine, general. KW - Health Workforce KW - Industrial accidents KW - Industries KW - Job safety KW - Occupational hazards, Prevention of KW - Occupational health and safety KW - Occupational safety and health KW - Prevention of industrial accidents KW - Prevention of occupational hazards KW - Safety, Industrial KW - Safety engineering KW - Safety measures KW - Safety of workers KW - System safety KW - Dependability KW - Trustworthiness KW - Conduct of life KW - Factory management KW - Industrial engineering KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Standardization KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality of products UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14301503 AB - Synthetic biology is becoming one of the most dynamic new fields of biology, with the potential to revolutionize the way we do biotechnology today. By applying the toolbox of engineering disciplines to biology, a whole set of potential applications become possible ranging very widely across scientific and engineering disciplines. Some of the potential benefits of synthetic biology, such as the development of low-cost drugs or the production of chemicals and energy by engineered bacteria are enormous. There are, however, also potential and perceived risks due to deliberate or accidental damage. Also, ethical issues of synthetic biology just start being explored, with hardly any ethicists specifically focusing on the area of synthetic biology. This book will be the first of its kind focusing particularly on the safety, security and ethical concerns and other relevant societal aspects of this new emerging field. The foreseen impact of this book will be to stimulate a debate on these societal issues at an early stage. Past experiences, especially in the field of GM-crops and stem cells, have shown the importance of an early societal debate. The community and informed stakeholders recognize this need, but up to now discussions are fragmentary. This book will be the first comprehensive overview on relevant societal issues of synthetic biology, setting the scene for further important discussions within the scientific community and with civil society. ER -