Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6487573 | Current Opinion in Biotechnology | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
- Synthetic Biology raises new questions re environmental fate of engineered microbes.
- Xenobiology could be the ultimate choice for bringing about certainty-of-containment.
- Gene drive opens unprecedented possibilities to modify natural ecosystems.
- Standardized metrics for quantification of containment efficiencies are badly needed.
- Containment makes risk assessment and IP protection to converge in the same lot.
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Authors
Markus Schmidt, VÃctor de Lorenzo,