Synthetic Biology as Late Modern Technology: Inquiring into the Rhetoric and Reality of a New Technoscientific Wave -- Synthetic Biology at the Limits of Science --  Complexity in synthetic biology: unnecessary or essential?.-Characterizing Synthetic Biology through Its Novel and Enhanced Functionalities.- Synthetic biology: The next step forward for industrial biotechnology -- Beyond Genetic Engineering: Technical Capabilities in the Application Fields of Biocatalysis and Biosensors --  Protein Tectons in Synthetic Biology: The expansion of cellular functionality combining chemical biology of small organic molecules with protein tectons.-  The cellular chassis as the basis for new functionalities shortcomings and requirements -- Hazards, risks and low hazard development paths of Synthetic Biology -- Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering: Parallels in Risk Assessment -- The Regulation of Synthetic Biology by EU law: Current State and Prospects.- Biotechnology, Modes of Action, and the Value of Life -- Synthetic Biology as technoscience and the EEE concept of responsibility -- Index.