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<p>Similar to the public safety concerns, most of the environmental safety concerns stem from chemicals or biological agents leaving the lab and being exposed to the environment outside the lab. Improper disposal or contamination of the environment by a couple of Checkmate’s chemicals could prove deleterious to outside environments. Once again, sterilization and aseptic techniques prevented any calamity.</p> | <p>Similar to the public safety concerns, most of the environmental safety concerns stem from chemicals or biological agents leaving the lab and being exposed to the environment outside the lab. Improper disposal or contamination of the environment by a couple of Checkmate’s chemicals could prove deleterious to outside environments. Once again, sterilization and aseptic techniques prevented any calamity.</p> | ||
<h2>BioBrick Safety</h2> | <h2>BioBrick Safety</h2> | ||
| - | <p>To ensure the safety of our BioBricks, we consulted the BioBrick standard for regulation of restriction sites when designed the DNA sequence. In addition, | + | <p>To ensure the safety of our BioBricks, we consulted the BioBrick standard for regulation of restriction sites when designed the DNA sequence. In addition, each of our yeast strains has an auxotrophic selection scheme; it is unable to make a crucial amino acid. Unless it is fed this amino acid, it cannot survive. This means that, should our yeast strain escape from the lab, it would not survive long in the wild. By characterizing the BioBricks to their fullest potential, it will allow other participates of iGEM to use our BioBricks in their intended way, optimizing the efficiency of their projects.</p> |
<h2>Biosafety Group</h2>Due to having a small biology program, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology does not have a biosafety group. Instead, safety procedures are integrated into classes by professors. The United States of America has many biosafety rules about working with human cells, but projects that work without human cells, such as Checkmate, are of little concern to the country.</p> | <h2>Biosafety Group</h2>Due to having a small biology program, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology does not have a biosafety group. Instead, safety procedures are integrated into classes by professors. The United States of America has many biosafety rules about working with human cells, but projects that work without human cells, such as Checkmate, are of little concern to the country.</p> | ||
<h2>Future Safety</h2> | <h2>Future Safety</h2> | ||
<p>Future iGEM teams can be safe by following appropriate lab safety procedures. When considering their project, future iGEM teams need to be aware that they are creating something new, and should proceed with caution, always keeping safety at the forefront. Specifically, one way to be sure that iGEM projects cannot be a danger to the public or the environment is to include some form of self-destruct. This would make the cells unable to live in a non-lab environment. The DNA could be degenerative over time, or a strain could be dependent on a vital nutrient only found in a laboratory setting.</p> | <p>Future iGEM teams can be safe by following appropriate lab safety procedures. When considering their project, future iGEM teams need to be aware that they are creating something new, and should proceed with caution, always keeping safety at the forefront. Specifically, one way to be sure that iGEM projects cannot be a danger to the public or the environment is to include some form of self-destruct. This would make the cells unable to live in a non-lab environment. The DNA could be degenerative over time, or a strain could be dependent on a vital nutrient only found in a laboratory setting.</p> | ||
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