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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. You can design the bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason you don't have to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The bacteria can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this </del>organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. You can design the bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason you don't have to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The bacteria can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">our </ins>organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or industrial facility </ins>where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. You can design the bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason you don't have to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bacterium </del>can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. You can design the bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason you don't have to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bacteria </ins>can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One </del>can design the bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we also decided not </del>to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The bacterium can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You </ins>can design the bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you don't have </ins>to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The bacterium can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our </del>bacterium <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is designed </del>in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason we also decided not to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The bacterium can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This could have a major effect on the environment, if the organism is released. It can become stronger than its natural counterpart and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One can design the </ins>bacterium in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. Therefore, it won't survive a release in the environment. For that reason we also decided not to implement a dead-man-switch in the design. The bacterium can grow untill the nutrients are consumed, after which they die. Moreover, this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other species. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the used strain of ''Escherichia coli'' cannot harm people and is too weak to compete with other organisms. All the above arguments and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td></tr>
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It can become stronger than <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other similar and </del>natural <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">organisms </del>and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. Our <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">organism </del>is designed in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is released </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a natural </del>environment<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, it’s to weak to survive</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Therefore </del>we <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">didn’t add </del>a dead-man-switch <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>the design. The bacterium can grow untill the nutrients are consumed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and then </del>they <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">just </del>die. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A second reason to leave the dead-man-switch out of the design is the fact that </del>this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">organisms</del>. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that made us decide that the dead-man-switch wasn’t necessary </del>is the fact that the strain of ''Escherichia coli'' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we used can’t do any </del>harm <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>people and is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>weak <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">compared </del>to other organisms. All <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">these things </del>and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used receptors from ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' for the vanillin detection. This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">could </ins>have a major effect on the environment<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>if the organism is released. It can become stronger than <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its </ins>natural <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">counterpart </ins>and eventually displace all endogenous organisms. Our <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bacterium </ins>is designed in such a way that it can only exist if it receives the proper nutrients. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Therefore, </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">won't survive a release </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>environment. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For that reason </ins>we <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also decided not to implement </ins>a dead-man-switch <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>the design. The bacterium can grow untill the nutrients are consumed<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, after which </ins>they die. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Moreover, </ins>this organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">species</ins>. In our project the bacteria remain safely in a container and in other applications they are kept in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument is the fact that the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used </ins>strain of ''Escherichia coli'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot </ins>harm people and is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">too </ins>weak to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">compete with </ins>other organisms. All <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the above arguments </ins>and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used a couple of receptors from Agrobacterium tumefaciens for the vanillin detection. This means that we created an organism that normally doesn’t exist in nature. It’s important to notice that this can have a major effect on the environment if the organism is released. It can become stronger than other similar and natural organisms and eventually displace all <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">indigenous </del>organisms. Our organism is designed in such a way that it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only </del>can exist if it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">get’s </del>the proper nutrients. When it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">becomes </del>released in a natural environment it’s to weak to survive. Therefore we didn’t <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">put </del>a dead-man-switch <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>the design. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">organisms </del>can grow <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">till </del>the nutrients are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gone </del>and then they just die. A second reason to leave the dead-man-switch out of the design is the fact that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other organisms. In our project the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">organisms stay </del>safely in a container and in other applications <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it can stay </del>in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument that made us decide that the dead-man-switch wasn’t necessary is the fact that the strain of Escherichia coli we used can’t do any harm to people and is to weak compared to other organisms. All these things and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Synthetic biology is defined as the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that don’t exist in a natural environment. It’s also the redesign and fabrication of existing biological systems. (1) This is exactly what we did in our project. We used components of different organisms and put these together to make our own designed organism. For example, we used a couple of receptors from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Agrobacterium tumefaciens<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>for the vanillin detection. This means that we created an organism that normally doesn’t exist in nature. It’s important to notice that this can have a major effect on the environment if the organism is released. It can become stronger than other similar and natural organisms and eventually displace all <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">endogenous </ins>organisms. Our organism is designed in such a way that it can <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only </ins>exist if it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">receives </ins>the proper nutrients. When it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </ins>released in a natural environment<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>it’s to weak to survive. Therefore we didn’t <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">add </ins>a dead-man-switch <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>the design. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bacterium </ins>can grow <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">untill </ins>the nutrients are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">consumed </ins>and then they just die. A second reason to leave the dead-man-switch out of the design is the fact that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this </ins>organism doesn’t interfere with humans or other organisms. In our project the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bacteria remain </ins>safely in a container and in other applications <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they are kept </ins>in the laboratory where it’s used (e.g. bioreactor). A third argument that made us decide that the dead-man-switch wasn’t necessary is the fact that the strain of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Escherichia coli<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>we used can’t do any harm to people and is to weak compared to other organisms. All these things and the purpose of our project make it possible to minimize the risks of modifying organisms.</div></td></tr>
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