Synthetic biology : character and impact

Synthetic Biology as Late Modern Technology: Inquiring into the Rhetoric and Reality of a New Technoscientific Wave.- Synthetic Biology at the Limits of Science.- Complexity in synthetic biology: unnecessary or essential?.-Characterizing Synthetic Biology through Its Novel and Enhanced Functionalities.- Synthetic biology: The next step forward for industrial biotechnology.- Beyond Genetic Engineering: Technical Capabilities in the Application Fields of Biocatalysis and Biosensors.- Protein Tectons in Synthetic Biology: The expansion of cellular functionality combining chemical biology of small organic molecules with protein tectons.- The cellular chassis as the basis for new functionalities shortcomings and requirements.- Hazards, risks and low hazard development paths of Synthetic Biology.- Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering: Parallels in Risk Assessment.- The Regulation of Synthetic Biology by EU law: Current State and Prospects.- Biotechnology, Modes of Action, and the Value of Life.- Synthetic Biology as technoscience and the EEE concept of responsibility.- Index.