Human enhancement technologies

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.

Contents

1 Examples of HET 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Examples of HET

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

See also

• Bioconservatism
• Bioethics
• Biopolitics
• Techno-progressivism
• Transhumanism

References

Naam, Ramez, More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement, 2005. (ISBN 0767918436)

External links

Enhancement Technologies Group