and ecosystem services, including potential changes to land use resulting from agricultural use of synthetic organisms. Synthetic biology is an example of a dual-use technology with the potential to be used in ways that could intentionally or unintentionally harm humans and/or damage the environment. Often "scientists, their host institutions and funding bodies" consider whether the planned research could be misused and sometimes implement measures to reduce the likelihood of misuse. Existing risk analysis systems for GMOs are generally considered sufficient for synthetic organisms, although there may be difficulties for an organism built "bottom-up" from individual genetic sequences. Synthetic biology generally falls under existing regulations for GMOs and biotechnology in general, and any regulations that exist for downstream commercial products, although there are generally no regulations in any jurisdiction that are specific to synthetic biology. See also ACS Synthetic Biology (journal) Bioengineering Biomimicry Carlson Curve Chiral life concept Computational biology Computational biomodeling DNA digital data storage Engineering biology International Genetically Engineered Machine Non-cellular life Open synthetic biology Regenerative medicine Synthetic intelligence Synthetic morphology Synthetic virology Systems and Synthetic Biology (journal) Tissue engineering Xenobiology Protocell#Artificial models Jeewanu Hypothetical types of biochemistry References NHGRI. (2019, March 13). Synthetic Biology. Genome.gov. https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/Synthetic-Biology Bibliography External links Engineered Pathogens and Unnatural Biological Weapons: The Future Threat of Synthetic Biology . Threats and considerations Synthetic biology books popular science book and textbooks Introductory Summary of Synthetic Biology. Concise overview of synthetic biology concepts, developments and applications Collaborative overview article on Synthetic Biology Controversial DNA startup wants to let customers create creatures (2015-01-03), San Francisco Chronicle It's Alive, But Is It Life: Synthetic Biology and the Future of Creation (28 September 2016), World Science Festival Biotechnology Molecular genetics Systems biology Bioinformatics Biocybernetics Appropriate technology Emerging technologies Gene expression programming Bioterrorism