Ethical reflections related to the use and research of nanotechnology
Currently, nanotechnology is an emerging interdisciplinary knowledge area. This discipline encompasses biomedical, food, energy, arms, and industrial uses of it. Despite its applications' potential, there is a need to ethically consider the benefits and risks that nanotechnology uses and develo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS |
| Repositorio: | Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrollo |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.espacioimasd.unach.mx:article/289 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/289 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bioética Nanotecnología Nanomateriales Bioethics Nanotechnology nanomaterials |
| Sumario: | Currently, nanotechnology is an emerging interdisciplinary knowledge area. This discipline encompasses biomedical, food, energy, arms, and industrial uses of it. Despite its applications' potential, there is a need to ethically consider the benefits and risks that nanotechnology uses and development represent for natural, economic, and social ecosystems. This document analyzes ethical issues of the use of nanotechnology. An analysis of the risk and regulatory aspects can be carried out considering its bioethical dimensions. For these reasons, a reflection related to the ethical and bioethical implications of the different nanotechnological applications becomes relevant without neglecting their possible benefits and threats. In general, these reflections must drive researchers to influence the national and international regulatory framework for not limiting scientific progress. It also ensures that said progress does not threaten human beings' safety and the planet in general. |
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