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Based at Cal Poly State University (San Luis Obispo), The Nanoethics Group is a non-partisan organization that studies the ethical and societal implications of nanotechnology.  We also engage the public as well as collaborate with nanotech ventures and research institutes on related issues and initiatives.
 

Latest

Dec 2009: Feature Story - "Be All You Can Be: The Nano-Enhanced Army" in Nano Magazine

5 Oct 2009: Interview - Daniel Moore (co-author of our forthcoming nanoethics monograph from Wiley-Blackwell) on human enhancement

1 Oct 2009: Paper - "The Coming Era of Nanomedicine" in The American Journal of Bioethics

31 Aug 2009: Report - "Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers"

Summer 2009: Paper - "Risk, Precaution, and Emerging Technologies" in Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology




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Human Enhancement Projects

We recently released a report on the ethics of human enhancement, funded by the US National Science Foundation. Click here for the report and here for the press release.

On March 28-29, 2009, we organized a Human Enhancement and Nanotechnology conference.  Click here for the conference site and read our press release here.


Nanoethics Books


We are proud to help inform students, policymakers, industry stakeholders, and the general public on both urgent and distant issues with our pair of nanoethics anthologies.  Please click here to learn more.
 
 
 
 
         

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