Emerging Conceptual, Ethical and Policy Issues in Bionanotechnology (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Nanobiotechnology is the convergence of existing and new biotechnology with the 1 ability to manipulate matter at or near the molecular level. This ability to manipulate matter on a scale of 100 nanometers (nm) or less is what constitutes the nanotechnology revolution occurring today, the potentially vast economic and social implications of which are yet to be fully understood (Royal Society, 2004). The most immediate way to understand the implications of nanobiotechnology for ethics is to consider the real life concerns of communities that are mobilizing within civil society. The conflicts and ethical debates surrounding nanotechnology will, almost by definition, emerge on the fault lines between different civil society actors, researchers and financial interests associated with nanobiotechnology, as well as (potentially) government regulators. These fault lines are all reflected within the concerns (as expressed d- cursively) of the communities mobilizing. This chapter will explore converging d- courses regarding converging technologies. Converging Technologies (CT) are already a familiar theme in the next gene- tion of biotechnology, nanotechnology, pharmacogenomics and proteomics research 2 and development. Nanobiotechnology means that previously separate disciplines (IT, physics, chemistry, and biology) are merging and converging to create new applications and even new life forms through converged technological platforms. Schummer (2004), and Glimell and Fogelberg (2003, p. 43), note the predominance of interdisciplinarity as a core theme of nano-discourse.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Philosophy and Medicine, 101
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	September 2008
Editors:	Fabrice Jotterand
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-8648-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-8648-2
Barcode:	9781402086489

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