McLennan, Alison 　著

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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