and another one... https://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/genetik-baukasten-gentechnik-gehoert-nicht-ins-kinderzimmer-ld.1296534
m On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Erich Berger < [email protected]> wrote: > hello everybody, > > I never saw an answer to the question of Victor - is there anything true > about this rumor ? > > best > > Erich > > > > On Thu, 2017-05-11 at 17:48 +0200, Victor de Lorenzo wrote: > > Hi Markus! I was with Paul Freemont today, who told me that Germany had > prohibited 5 days or so > > ago DIY activities with jail up to 2 years! Do you know anything about > this? Is it connected (and > > perhaps distorted) with the news you say? > > > > Victor de Lorenzo > > http://www.cnb.csic.es/~meml > > > > > > El 11 may 2017, a las 11:04, Markus Schmidt <[email protected]> > escribió: > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > The crisper-gate made it into this week’s Nature news section: > > > http://www.nature.com/news/diy-gene-engineering-an- > attack-on-darwinism-and-a-probe-into-nazi-sci > > > ence-1.21965?WT > > > > > > DIY memo The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) > in Stockholm has called > > > on European Union member states to review their procedures for > authorizing do-it-yourself gene- > > > engineering kits produced in the United States. The kits, which are > intended to contain a > > > harmless strain of the common laboratory bacterium Escherichia coli, > use CRISPR precision- > > > editing technologies and are targeted at citizen scientists. The move > followed the discovery in > > > March by German authorities that some kits had been contaminated with > pathogenic bacteria, > > > including some multidrug-resistant strains. Germany has since banned > their import. The ECDC’s > > > assessment report concluded that the risk of infection to users is low. > > > > > > ECDC assesses risk of ‘do-it-yourself’ CRISPR gene engineering kit > contaminated with pathogenic > > > bacteria > > > http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/news/_layouts/forms/ > News_DispForm.aspx?ID=1610&List=8db7286c-fe2d > > > -476c-9133- > > > 18ff4cb1b568&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fecdc%2Eeuropa%2Eeu%2Fen% > 2Fpress%2Fnews%2FPages%2FNews%2Easpx > > > > > > They conclude that infections risk is low but that all European > authorties should check on their > > > legislation regarding DIYBio kits and they recommend to only buy kits > from professional > > > companies who carry out proper quality assessment. > > > > > > http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/ > Publication_DispForm.aspx?List=4f55ad51-4ae > > > d-4d32-b960-af70113dbb90&ID=1692 > > > > > > Cheers, Markus > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Markus Schmidt > > > BIOFACTION KG > > > Kundmanngasse 39/12 > > > 1030 Vienna, Austria > > > www.biofaction.com > > > [email protected] > > > > > > <45891737-9BC8-4C36-9C28-F4EDC8CA3E96[3].png> > > > > > > > > > > <45891737-9BC8-4C36-9C28-F4EDC8CA3E96[3].png> > -- ******************************************************* !!NOTICE: new phone nr: tel: +41 77 9930877 ******************************************************* //////dusjagr labs///////////////////////////////////////// Dr. Marc Dusseiller Schöneggstr. 34 | CH-8004 Zürich | tel: +41 77 9930877 | skype: dusjagr www.dusseiller.ch/labs ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SGMK | Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Mechatronische Kunst Postfach 2161 | CH-8031 Zürich www.mechatronicart.ch ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// hackteria | Open Source Biological Art www.hackteria.org //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
