Communications: Recent submissions
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Risk Assessment of Synthetic Genomics: A Biosafety and Biosecurity Perspective
(2007-12-04)The ability to synthesize molecules found in living organisms is not new for scientists in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. However, the “synthetic biology” made possible by the genetic mapping of ... -
Impact of Synthetic Genomics on the Threat of Bioterrorism with Viral Agents
(2007-12-04)In 2002, a team of researchers at the State University of New York led by Eckard Wimmer assembled a DNA template for the RNA poliovirus using an internet-available nucleotide sequence and mail order synthetic ... -
Synthetic Viral Genomics: Risks and Benefits for Science and Society
(2007-12-04)Viral disease outbreaks have long inspired fear in human populations. Highly pathogenic infectious disease has shaped world history, primarily by impacting the outcome of wars and other global conflicts and precipitating ...
