Pandemic preparedness: synthetic biology and publicly funded biofoundries can rapidly accelerate response time
Claudia E. Vickers, Paul S. Freemont
Abstract
Synthetic biology has played a key role in responding to the current pandemic. Biofoundries are critical synthetic biology infrastructure which should be available to all nations as a part of their independent bioengineering, biosecurity, and countermeasure response systems.
Topics & Concepts
BiosecurityPreparednessPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Synthetic biologyKey (lock)CountermeasureCoronavirus InfectionsBiologyVirologyComputational biologyMedicinePolitical scienceEcologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)EngineeringOutbreakDiseaseAerospace engineeringLawPathologyCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringBiomedical and Engineering EducationSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research