[p2p-research] A Bit More Garage Biotech

[Ryan]

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In the Pipeline on 3/19/10

Here's the sort of thing we'll be seeing more and more of - on the
whole, I think it's a good development, but it's certainly possible
that one's mileage could vary:

Ginkgo’s BioBrick Assembly Kit includes the reagents for constructing
BioBrick parts, which are nucleic acid sequences that encode a specific
biological function and adhere to the BioBrick assembly standard. The
kit, which includes the instructions for putting those parts together,
sells for $235 through the New England BioLabs, an Ipswich, MA-based
supplier of reagents for the life sciences industry.

Shetty didn’t release any specific sales figures for the kit, but said
its users include students, researchers, and industrial companies. The
kit was also intended to be used in the International Genetically
Engineered Machine competition (iGEM), in Cambridge, MA. The
undergraduate contest, co-launched by Knight, challenges students teams
to use the biological parts to build systems and operate them in living
cells.

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