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by aurizon 1979 days ago
We now have sites for all manner of organic molecules, and methods of attaching them. This is an analog for the expansion of electronics at the dawn of the radio age - mid 20's which accompanied the global electronics growth of the 20th century. All manner of parts, tools etc were developed and sold in shops and via mail order. A similar molecular creativity phase dawned a few years ago and now you can acquire all these molecules and tools online and there is fierce competition. A regulatory overlay is now rising to limit the abilities of molecular terrorists like the Aum Shinrikyo of 1995 Sarin attacks. I think we are getting well into this phase now, with the online market replacing mail order. https://hacklab.to/ has a well equipped bio lab.