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  1. Ask BN: Best way to get a plasmid across a border legally? Ask BNBiosecurity & Policy 33 points | plasmid_mule | | 6 comments

    Best way to get a plasmid across a border legally?

    Context, constraints and what I have already tried are below — replies with concrete numbers appreciated over general encouragement.

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[–] primer39 | 5 points | link

Add: get the material transfer agreement signed before shipping, not after. Customs asks for paperwork, not for vibes.

[–] incubate21 | 4 points | link

Screening baseline is good but voluntary. Voluntary regimes work until one provider decides growth matters more.

[–] incubate14 | 2 points | link

Every time gene therapy pricing comes up someone says "manufacturing" and then nobody funds manufacturing. It is the least glamorous line item in every deck I have seen.

[–] incubate35 | 4 points | link

Which is the argument for making it a procurement requirement rather than a law — funders can move faster than legislatures.

[–] lysate23 | 2 points | link

True, and said so in the README. The Rust part was mostly so contributors stop segfaulting the pH loop.

[–] open_assay | 1 point | link

Rewriting firmware in Rust is fun but the actual reliability win here was the watchdog, which you could have added in C.