What if manmade biological organisms could help treat cancer?
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08-09-2017
Synthetic biology is expected to begin to design, construct and develop artificial (i.e. man-made) biological systems that mimic or even go beyond naturally occurring biological systems. Applications of synthetic biology in the healthcare domain hold great promise, but also raise a number of questions. What are the benefits and challenges of this emerging field? What ethical and social issues arise from this engineering approach to biology?
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- biotechnologie
- bioéthique
- diffusion des innovations
- droit de l'Union européenne
- innovation
- invention
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGIE ET RECHERCHE
- QUESTIONS SOCIALES
- recherche et propriété intellectuelle
- recherche médicale
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- santé
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- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- vie sociale
- élaboration du droit de l'UE