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Open Source

• By open source, we mean the free accessibility to information about genetic material, protocols for working with it and the ease and standardization of the methods used.

• Are there any problems associated with open source biology?

• Which advantages could open source have for scientific community and society in general?

• On a timescale of 100 years, will it be possible for people with no professional training, to do genetic manipulations of organisms at home?

  • If yes: what are the perspectives for this development?

    • What are the dangers and possibilities with kitchen genetical biology.

    • Should it be regulated and how, if possible, could we do that?

  • If no: What are the obstacles for genetic manipulations at home?

  
  

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