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A journey into the future of medicine and the ethical concerns raised by the use of techniques of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and cognitive science for the purpose of human enhancement.
Originally appeared as “Case Presentation: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Cognitive Science (NBIC), and Human Enhancement” in Nanotechnology: Ethics and Society by Deb Bennett-Woods (2008, 197–217), published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
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Bennett-Woods, D. (2010). Nanotechnology: Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement. In: Comstock, G.L. (eds) Life Science Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8792-8_24
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