How to Secure the DNA Supply Chain | IFP

A field guide for policymakers, founders, and funders

Content Executive Summary Motivation: Buying time for defenses Why synthetic DNA is a critical chokepoint for biosecurity Victory conditions: what it takes to safeguard DNA synthesis Governance and the path to victory The efforts we need to launch Making order and customer screening affordable and efficient Establishing standards for sequence and customer screening Extending the biosecurity perimeter: benchtops, oligos, and split-order detection Standing up independent auditing organizations Making screening robust against AI-enabled evasion More biology, safely Appendix: Risk reduction model

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