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- - Synthetic biology and adaptive lab evolution are essential methods for creating biotech solutions to clean up oil sands tailings.
- - There are many uncertainties and risks involved in deploying and regulating these engineered or evolved strains in the field.
- - The text proposes an innovation strategy aimed at reducing risks and successfully implementing engineered bioremediation technologies.
Article Abstract
Synthetic biology and adaptive laboratory evolution are key tools for developing biotechnology platforms for the remediation of oil sands tailings. However, field deployment and subsequent regulation of engineered and/or evolved strains is rife with uncertainties and risks. Here, we detail an innovation strategy to derisk and deploy engineered bioremediation platforms.
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