Re:20n (YC W15) Uses Software To Engineer Microbes For Chemi...
by sitkack on Thursday February 26, 2015 @07:59PM
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What safeguards are you putting in place to not repeat the Klebsiella planticola debacle [0].
What is the possibility of an engineered organism escaping into the environment and over producing a beneficial substance, insulin, acetaminophen, Lysergic acid, etc.
What is the possibility of an engineered organism escaping into the environment and over producing a beneficial substance, insulin, acetaminophen, Lysergic acid, etc.
[0] http://www.cracked.com/article_18503_how-biotech-company-alm...