Biomedical Enhancement - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

One danger of biomedical enhancements.

29 Jun 2008 In the near future, our society may develop a vast array of medical enhancements. There is a large debate about enhancements, and that debate has identified many possible harms. This paper describes a harm that has so far been overlooked. Because of ... Read more...

Early convergence research and education supported by the National Science Foundation.

29 Apr 2004 The following pages describe research grants awarded by the National Science Foundation that illustrate how different fields of science and technology can converge in order to increase human potential. Technological convergence involves the ... Read more...

Converging technologies for enhancing human performance: science and business perspectives.

29 Apr 2004 Our goal is to provide a rough sketch of some of the possible implications of converging technologies for enhancing human performance ((Roco and Bainbridge, 2002)) from both a science and a business perspective. Converging technologies refers to a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Biomedical Enhancement - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• Anticipating the anti-ageing pill. Lessons from the history of the oral contraceptive pill and hormone replacement therapy. 14 Jan 2009
• One danger of biomedical enhancements. 29 Jun 2008
• Adventure! Comedy! Tragedy! Robots! How bioethicists learned to stop worrying and embrace their inner cyborgs. 30 Dec 2004
• Early convergence research and education supported by the National Science Foundation. 29 Apr 2004
• Converging technologies for enhancing human performance: science and business perspectives. 29 Apr 2004
• Does technological enhancement of human traits threaten human equality and democracy? 30 Dec 2001

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Technical information about 'Biomedical Enhancement'

Definition: The use of technology-based interventions to improve functional capacities rather than to treat disease.

Descriptor UI: D024803

Alternative terms: Biomedical Enhancement; Biomedical Enhancements; Enhancements, Biomedical; Enhancement, Biomedical; Enhancement Technologies; Enhancement Technology; Technologies, Enhancement; Technology, Enhancement;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethics; history; methods; statistics & numerical data; standards;

Tree Number: E05.104; J01.897.115.250;

History Note: 2002