Without proper safeguards, we risk
letting synthetic organisms and their products out of the laboratory with unknown potential to disrupt ecosystems, threaten human health and undermine social, economic and cultural rights.
Not exact matches
At the heart of their vision is a form of bioengineering called
synthetic biology, which would
let them rewire biology to make
organisms do our bidding — from making drugs, biofuels and fragrances to the decidedly futuristic manufacturing of laptops from sawdust.