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| + | <p>One major risk adressed when working with synthetic biology is the spread of the modified organism in nature. To stop the spread in nature most iGEM teams use a system called killswitch. A killswitch system eliminates the risk of bacteria spreading in nature by making it unable to survive without certain condition. A classical killswitch works by the use of a reagent not present in nature that hinders the expression of a toxin. When the bacteria is released to the enviorment, the reagent is no longer present and the expression of the toxin is released. | ||
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Revision as of 16:07, 27 October 2013
Killswitches
One major risk adressed when working with synthetic biology is the spread of the modified organism in nature. To stop the spread in nature most iGEM teams use a system called killswitch. A killswitch system eliminates the risk of bacteria spreading in nature by making it unable to survive without certain condition. A classical killswitch works by the use of a reagent not present in nature that hinders the expression of a toxin. When the bacteria is released to the enviorment, the reagent is no longer present and the expression of the toxin is released.
