diybio is the tiniest drop in the tiniest bucket compared to nonsense that goes on in academia and industry, like this: (re-creation of nativity scene in a lab, in celebration?!)
On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 1:36:57 PM UTC-7, Matt Endrizzi wrote:
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"World's first living organism with fully redesigned DNA created"
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More than 18,000 edits later, the scientists [at Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge] had removed every occurrence of the three codons from the bug's genome. The redesigned genetic code was then chemically synthesised and, piece by piece, added to E coli where it replaced the organism's natural genome. The result, reported in Nature, is a microbe with a completely synthetic and radically altered DNA code. Known as Syn61, the bug is a little longer than normal, and grows more slowly, but survives nonetheless.
"It's pretty amazing," said Chin. When the bug was created, shortly before Christmas, the research team had a photo taken in the lab with a plate of the microbes as the central figure in a recreation of the nativity.
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Biosecurity means more than simply inactivating the materials used. It also means there is an awareness of overriding sensitivities to the experiments being performed and an associated level of professionalism related to all conduct associated with the work.
On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 1:36:57 PM UTC-7, Matt Endrizzi wrote:
I hope folks might comment on the security measures taken by the DIYbio community to ensure containment of recombinant DNA. My background is in molecular biology at Florida State, Harvard Med, and the Whitehead Institute (currently Broad). I have several concerns:
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