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The German Consumer Protection Association has warned that people who carry out such experiments in private laboratories could face fines of 50,000 euros (about 360,000 yuan) or three years in prison.
law enforcement agencies have warned that bio-hackers conducting DNA experiments in home-made laboratories could face jail time, according to foreign media reports.
scientists have previously warned that law-makers could use biotechnology to modify the genetic code of bacteria and other microbes to make biological weapons.
Germany's tough stance could prompt the rest of Europe to adopt stricter controls.
German Consumer Protection Association warned that people who conduct such experiments in private laboratories could face fines of 50,000 euros (about 360,000 yuan) or three years in prison.
Germany has previously enacted laws prohibiting gene editing experiments on any occasion other than licensed and supervised laboratories.
germany recently announced that the law would be strictly enforced, which was seen as a warning to the country's bio-hackers.
We're the first time I've heard of a government specifically warning individual genetic engineering researchers," said Todd Kuiken, a senior fellow at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Society at North Carolina State University.
", DNA manipulation technology was in the hands of expensive academic and commercial laboratories.
but research equipment and DNA samples are becoming more common and cheaper, buying a full set of equipment online for as little as two or three hundred dollars.
this way, individual researchers and students can independently insert FRAGMENTs of DNA into bacterial genetic code without any other specialized equipment.
they can change the color and smell of bacteria and even make them glow in the dark.
, they can buy more expensive equipment and conduct more colorful experiments.
enthusiasts of the technology, also known as biomackers, often set up community labs to collect and share resources.
expert clubs have also sprung up around the world in recent years.
While most of their activities are harmless, such as judging what kind of fish a restaurant sells, or creating yeast that can produce new beer flavors, there is growing concern that the technology could be abused by outlaws with harmful consequences.
John Parrington, a molecular biologist at Oxford University, warned last year that bio-hackers could develop new types of biological weapons.
the scientific community and security agencies are concerned that their actions could lead to the emergence of new deadly viruses or bacteria.
don't know what's going to happen in the future," he said.
security community is worried about the consequences.
fbi also closely monitors bio-hacking and has established a dedicated branch structure at the Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency to control bio-hacking.
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