The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory

(Part of the Basic Bioethics Series)

by Mark A. Bedau

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Experts explore the potential benefits, risks, and moral aspects of protocell technology, which creates simple forms of life from nonliving material. Teams of scientists around the world are racing to create protocells--microscopic, self-organizing entities that spontaneously assemble from simple organic and inorganic materials. The creation of fully autonomous protocells--a technology that can, for all intents and purposes, be considered literally...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262512696

ISBN13:9780262512695

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:365 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.8" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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