Notionally speaking, what sort of options exist to outsource deployment and lab skills? If I submitted a dangerous sequence of RNA for synthesis (I have no idea what sorts of things could even be considered dangerous) or requested a plasmid that was designed by a very smart model, could those be synthesized by a third-party without safety checks and eventually become a danger?
I am not the best person to answer, and I should maybe avoid excessive detail on a searchable forum anyway, but yes, potentially you could request plasmids that at least togther become lethal by a third party.
Plasmids are explicitly tested for in the systems card. Home kits also could allow some serious work done outside public scrutiny. I think that (semi-)automatic labs is the real concern and this is a real but very budding area of development.
Notionally speaking, what sort of options exist to outsource deployment and lab skills? If I submitted a dangerous sequence of RNA for synthesis (I have no idea what sorts of things could even be considered dangerous) or requested a plasmid that was designed by a very smart model, could those be synthesized by a third-party without safety checks and eventually become a danger?
I am not the best person to answer, and I should maybe avoid excessive detail on a searchable forum anyway, but yes, potentially you could request plasmids that at least togther become lethal by a third party.
Plasmids are explicitly tested for in the systems card. Home kits also could allow some serious work done outside public scrutiny. I think that (semi-)automatic labs is the real concern and this is a real but very budding area of development.