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An Open Letter in Support of Mandatory Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening and Recordkeeping

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An open letter from life sciences researchers, technologists, and policy experts calling for mandatory screening of synthetic nucleic acids.

As life sciences researchers, builders of AI and biotechnology, and experts with a wide range of views on how to approach AI policy, we call on legislators to make screening of orders for synthetic nucleic acids — and the equipment needed to make them — mandatory. The ability to order synthetic DNA online has accelerated vaccine development, powered basic research, and made it possible for small teams to access capabilities that used to be confined to major institutions. Since the publication of protocols to reconstruct viruses from strands of DNA more than two decades ago, it has also been re

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