SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

Environmental risks:biosafety The major biosafety risk of synthetic biology is theaccidental release of synthetic organisms, whichcould have unintended detrimental effects on theenvironment or on human health (De Vriend 2006).This could be a particular in the case ofbioremediation, where synthetic organisms would bepurposely released into the environment, forexample to remove toxins from the soil. Not only aremicroorganisms living and self-propagating, butthey also evolve rapidly, and they can exchangegenetic material with each other across speciesboundariesDr.T.V.Rao MD 37