Synthetic biology : the technoscience and its societal consequences / Markus Schmidt [and others], editors.

Dordrecht : Springer, [2009], ©2009.

viii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Introduction / Markus Schmidt -- That was the synthetic biology that was / Luis Campos -- An introduction to synthetic biology / Carolyn M.C. Lam, Miguel Godinho, and Vítor A.P. Martins dos Santos -- Computational design in synthetic biology / Maria Suarez ... [et al.] -- The ethics of synthetic biology: outlining the agenda / Anna Deplazes, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Nikola Biller-Andoro -- Do I understand what I can create? / Markus Schmidt -- Security issues related to synthetic biology / Alexander Kelle -- The intellectual commons and property in synthetic biology / Kenneth A. Oye and Rachel Wellhausen -- Governing synthetic biology: processes and outcomes / Joyce Tait -- Synthetic biology and the role of civil society organizations / Dirk Stemerding ... [et al.] -- Summary and conclusions / Alexander Kelle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.