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World Service,05 Sep 2023,17 mins

Business and science: How risky is SynBio?

Business Daily

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For all the exciting developments in the synthetic biology industry, there are also concerns. People can edit genes in their garages these days, so who’s regulating this space? Plus - we’ll hear about the exciting new business models with biology at their core, including one of the first synbio businesses to trade as a public stock - Ginkgo Bioworks. Presenter: Gareth Mitchell Producer: Izzy Greenfield (Image: A petri dish in a lab. Credit: Getty Images)

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