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On May 11, 2017 11:05, "Markus Schmidt" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-science-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 > <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>concluded > that the risk of infection to users is low.* > > ECDC assesses risk of ‘do-it-yourself’ CRISPR gene engineering kit > contaminated with pathogenic bacteriahttp://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=4f55ad51-4aed-4d32-b960- > af70113dbb90&ID=1692 > > Cheers, Markus > > > > ------------------------------ > Dr. Markus Schmidt > BIOFACTION KG > Kundmanngasse 39/12 > 1030 Vienna, Austria > www.biofaction.com > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > >
