What are the minimal conditions for life?

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Another Asilomar?

Manipulation of biological systems seems today too easy, and it involves serious risks, besides obvious potentials to Medicine and Basic Science.
In 1975, a similar worry arose from the new DNA recombinant technologies. But now, the potential to change living forms is greater and could be amplified by the potential to access to databases of virulent microbial genetic sequences through Internet. Besides a risk of bioterrorism, there is a potential of serious hazardous side effects.
 

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