Human enhancement technologies - Definition and Overview

Human enhancement technologies (HET) are technologies that can be used not simply for treating illness and disability, but also for enhancing human capacities and characteristics.

Examples of HET

• Antidepressants
• Functional cyborgization
• Gene therapy
• Growth hormone
• Nanomedicine
• Nootropics
• Plastic surgery

See also

• Bioethics
• Transhumanism

References

Naam, Ramez, More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767918436/tedweinstein/ref%3Dnosim/102-7179507-8177719), 2005. (ISBN 0767918436)

External links

Enhancement Technologies Group (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbtdag/bioethics/)