Synthetic Biology The technoscience and its societal consequences /

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 scientif...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schmidt, Markus. (Editor), Kelle, Alexander. (Editor), Ganguli-Mitra, Agomoni. (Editor), Vriend, Huib. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
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