The misues of knoweledge: bioethics and security issues related to synthetic biology

Tatjana Marinković ,
Tatjana Marinković
Veljko Samardžić ,
Veljko Samardžić
Aleksandar Pajić ,
Aleksandar Pajić
Dragan Marinković Orcid logo
Dragan Marinković

Published: 01.12.2017.

Biochemistry

Volume 34, Issue 3 (2018)

pp. 1634-1640;

https://doi.org/10.5937/matmed1802634m

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