Synthetic Biology: Recent submissions

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    • Impact of Synthetic Genomics on the Threat of Bioterrorism with Viral Agents 

      Collett, Marc (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 

      Baric, Ralph (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 ...

    • Synthetic Genomics: Options for Governance 

      Garfinkel, Michele; Endy, Drew; Epstein, Gerald; Friedman, Robert (2007-10-17)
      Gene and genome synthesis, that is, constructing long stretches of DNA from constituent chemicals, provides scientists with new and unparalleled capabilities both for understanding biology and for using it for beneficial ...