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The Ethics of Synthetic Biology: Guiding Principles for Emerging Technologies
- Hastings Center Report
- The Hastings Center
- Volume 41, Number 4, July-August 2011
- pp. 17-22
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Some call synthetic biology an epochal developmentāthe start of a new industrial revolution, the moment humans learned to be gods. Others think it is an incremental advance with an iffy payoff. In these essays, the chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and participants from a recent Hastings project examine the social challenge it presents.