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Dutch ministers for Research and Development Ronald Plasterk and Jacqueline Cramer have sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament, informing them that currently synthetic biology (a convergence of biotechnology and nanotechnology) is sufficiently regulated under existing laws. However, the ministers support monitoring synthetic biology’s development and in five years, launching a survey of the scientific state of the art, to be completed by the Academy of Sciences KNAW. In the meantime, nanotechnology and biotechnology working groups should monitor synthetic biology developments. |