Biosafety and Bioethical Issues in Nanobiotechnology

Abstract

Background and Aim: as a developing and fascinating field of research has attracted many researchers, but there are many concerns about ignoring the bioethics and biosafety issues in this field. This study aimed to explore and identify bioethical and biosafety aspects of nanobiotechnology. Materials and Methods: In this review, the related articles was retrieved by porpusful search of main keywords: OR AND Nanobiotechnology in internal and international scientific data bases. Findings: Results showed that an increasing number of studies have recently focused on bioethical and biosafety issues of nanobiotechnology in Iran, although, these studies are remarkably less than those of international studies. Moreover, development of some organizations, committees, and working groups along with providing instructions, standards, guidances, and standard operating procedure (SOP) for people, directly dealing with nanobiotechnology help to decrease the risks there of. It is worth mentioning that in order to lessen the probable risks of nanobiotechnology, we should be constantly updated and exchange with the international information. Conclusion: The results indicate that there is no appropriate observation and control on the ethical issues of nanobiotechnology. Because of multiple fields of research in nanobiotechnology and intensive development of Iranian researchers in these areas, nanobiotechnology riquires more attention and control in biosafety and bioethical issues. Therefore, different aspects and unknown ethical issues of future researches in this field should be extensively controled. Please cite this article as: Rezaee M, Jamialahmadi K. Biosafety and Bioethical Issues in Nanobiotechnology. Bioethics Journal 2017; 7(25): 111-122.