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cord-018463-a6qu0cuv	Wimmer, Eckard	Synthetic Biology, Dual Use Research, and Possibilities for Control	2018-03-23		.txt	text/plain	1970	107	48	The anthrax attack coincided with the first report in 2002 of the de novo synthesis in the test tube of a pathogenic human virus, poliovirus, that was equally shocking because it indicated that dangerous infectious agents could be produced in laboratories outside of government control. These events were synchronous with the advent of a new discipline, Synthetic Biology, which was an emerging area of research that can broadly be described "as the design and construction of novel artificial biological pathways, organisms or devices, or the redesign of existing natural biological systems." The synthesis of viruses, or more broadly expressed: each experiment in Synthetic Biology, fits the definition of "Dual Use Research" – the dual use dilemma in which the same technologies can be used for the good of humans and misused for bioterrorism.	./cache/cord-018463-a6qu0cuv.txt	./txt/cord-018463-a6qu0cuv.txt