Applied BiosafetyPub Date : 2024-06-20eCollection Date: 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1089/apb.2023.0020
Stephanie Batalis, Caroline Schuerger, Gigi Kwik Gronvall, Matthew E Walsh
{"title":"Safeguarding Mail-Order DNA Synthesis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.","authors":"Stephanie Batalis, Caroline Schuerger, Gigi Kwik Gronvall, Matthew E Walsh","doi":"10.1089/apb.2023.0020","DOIUrl":"10.1089/apb.2023.0020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue to be developed and used within the life sciences. The impact of these tools on the biosecurity landscape surrounding mail-order DNA synthesis and how to address the impacts have not been critically examined in the literature.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The impacts of AI-driven chatbots and biological design tools on the biosecurity landscape surrounding mail-order DNA synthesis were analyzed and described. The findings are informed by the authors' experience in the field.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Generally, chatbots lower barriers to access of information that could be misused while biological design tools may provide new abilities to users with the intent of misuse. Six recommendations to the United States Government that attempt to maximize the benefits of these new technologies while mitigating risks are provided.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Mandating mail-order DNA synthesis providers to screen DNA synthesis orders is a critical safeguarding step that should be taken as soon as possible. Over time, biological design tools will reduce the effectiveness of such a regulation and actions should be taken now to limit the negative impacts in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11313546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141915971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied BiosafetyPub Date : 2024-06-20eCollection Date: 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1089/apb.2024.48276.cfp
George Poste, Filippa Lentzos, Barbara Johnson, David R Gillum
{"title":"<i>Call for Volume 30 (2025) Special Issue Papers:</i> Biosafety and Biosecurity for Potential Pandemic Pathogens and Dual-Use Research of Concern: Deadline for Manuscript Submission: October 31, 2024.","authors":"George Poste, Filippa Lentzos, Barbara Johnson, David R Gillum","doi":"10.1089/apb.2024.48276.cfp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2024.48276.cfp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11313547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141915970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Murphy, Rhys Jones, Ariane dos Santos, Modupeore Adeyemi, Catherine Caulfield
{"title":"A Novel Method to Sterilize Isolators for the Housing of Germ-Free Birds and Production of Germ-Free Eggs","authors":"Martin Murphy, Rhys Jones, Ariane dos Santos, Modupeore Adeyemi, Catherine Caulfield","doi":"10.1089/apb.2024.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2024.0007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140982485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul Gulig, Scott Swindle, Mark Fields, Daniel Eisenman
{"title":"A Review of Clinical Trials Involving Genetically Modified Bacteria, Bacteriophages and Their Associated Risk Assessments","authors":"Paul Gulig, Scott Swindle, Mark Fields, Daniel Eisenman","doi":"10.1089/apb.2024.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2024.0002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141001015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole E. Wheeler, Craig Bartling, Sarah R. Carter, Adam Clore, James Diggans, Kevin Flyangolts, Bryan T. Gemler, Brittany Rife Magalis, Jacob Beal
{"title":"Progress and Prospects for a Nucleic Acid Screening Test Set","authors":"Nicole E. Wheeler, Craig Bartling, Sarah R. Carter, Adam Clore, James Diggans, Kevin Flyangolts, Bryan T. Gemler, Brittany Rife Magalis, Jacob Beal","doi":"10.1089/apb.2023.0033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2023.0033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141016615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah R. Carter, Rocco Casagrande, S. Patlovich, David R. Gillum
{"title":"Introduction to Applied Biosafety’s Second Special Issue on Synthetic Genomics","authors":"Sarah R. Carter, Rocco Casagrande, S. Patlovich, David R. Gillum","doi":"10.1089/apb.2024.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2024.0015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141015053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Substitution Attacks: A Catalyst to Reframe the DNA Manufacturing Cyberbiosecurity Landscape in the Age of Benchtop Synthesizers","authors":"Laura Adam, George H. McArthur","doi":"10.1089/apb.2023.0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2023.0035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141019943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Brady, Maggie Tomaszewski, Taylor M Garrison, M. Lawrenz
{"title":"Approaches for the Inactivation of Yersinia pestis","authors":"A. Brady, Maggie Tomaszewski, Taylor M Garrison, M. Lawrenz","doi":"10.1089/apb.2023.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2023.0022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140724838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryan T. Gemler, Chiranjit Mukherjee, Patrick A. Fullerton, James Diggans, Craig Bartling
{"title":"A Sensitivity Study for Interpreting Nucleic Acid Sequence Screening Regulatory and Guidance Documentation: Toward a Foundational Synthetic Nucleic Acid Sequence Screening Framework","authors":"Bryan T. Gemler, Chiranjit Mukherjee, Patrick A. Fullerton, James Diggans, Craig Bartling","doi":"10.1089/apb.2023.0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2023.0026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140729934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five Things Not to Do When Discovering a Biosecurity Vulnerability","authors":"Piers Millett","doi":"10.1089/apb.2023.0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2023.0038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7962,"journal":{"name":"Applied Biosafety","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140728297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}