Although numerous statements on ethics in nanotechnology have been published, they exist as seemingly disparate, stand-alone works. Inspired by a process that the field of genetic engineering went through in the 1970s, Chris Toumey suggests one way in which some clarity could be brought to the topic.
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Toumey, C. An Asilomar for nanotech. Nature Nanotech 9, 495–496 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.139
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