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A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines

The merger between synthetic biology and bioprinting will someday enable vaccines to be bioprinted utilising genetic material. Unregulated gene synthesis companies may unwittingly supply genetic material to a terrorist if there is no verification of purchasers’ personal identity and affiliation w...

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Main Author: Marina Abdul Majid,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15684/1/44172-141871-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15684/
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spelling my-ukm.journal.156842020-11-16T07:24:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15684/ A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines Marina Abdul Majid, The merger between synthetic biology and bioprinting will someday enable vaccines to be bioprinted utilising genetic material. Unregulated gene synthesis companies may unwittingly supply genetic material to a terrorist if there is no verification of purchasers’ personal identity and affiliation with a legitimate research organisation. This study has the objective of focusing on whether Malaysia regulates and conducts Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) sequence screening among gene synthesis companies which are meant for bioprinting vaccines that can be misused for bioterrorism. This study is qualitative. Gene synthesis guidelines from the United States (US), the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC), the Nuclear Threat Initiative-World Economic Forum (NTI-WEF) Biosecurity Innovation and Risk Reduction report were referred as examples for changes in Malaysia’s draft National Code of Conduct for Biosecurity [thereafter known as Code]. These soft law documents constitute the regime for gene synthesis and a form of transnational new governance. The findings indicate that in the absence of a specific binding regulation, Malaysia’s draft Code must be amended to incorporate the need to screen customers, genetic sequences and address the cyberbiosecurity of biological life in digitalised form besides the physical biosecurity of laboratories which houses seedstocks from being stolen for malicious intent. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15684/1/44172-141871-1-PB.pdf Marina Abdul Majid, (2020) A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines. MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara, 21 . pp. 79-101. ISSN 1511-8393 http://ejournals.ukm.my/malim/issue/view/1351
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description The merger between synthetic biology and bioprinting will someday enable vaccines to be bioprinted utilising genetic material. Unregulated gene synthesis companies may unwittingly supply genetic material to a terrorist if there is no verification of purchasers’ personal identity and affiliation with a legitimate research organisation. This study has the objective of focusing on whether Malaysia regulates and conducts Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) sequence screening among gene synthesis companies which are meant for bioprinting vaccines that can be misused for bioterrorism. This study is qualitative. Gene synthesis guidelines from the United States (US), the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC), the Nuclear Threat Initiative-World Economic Forum (NTI-WEF) Biosecurity Innovation and Risk Reduction report were referred as examples for changes in Malaysia’s draft National Code of Conduct for Biosecurity [thereafter known as Code]. These soft law documents constitute the regime for gene synthesis and a form of transnational new governance. The findings indicate that in the absence of a specific binding regulation, Malaysia’s draft Code must be amended to incorporate the need to screen customers, genetic sequences and address the cyberbiosecurity of biological life in digitalised form besides the physical biosecurity of laboratories which houses seedstocks from being stolen for malicious intent.
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A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
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title A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
title_short A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
title_full A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
title_fullStr A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
title_full_unstemmed A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
title_sort gene synthesis regime for malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15684/1/44172-141871-1-PB.pdf
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