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| − | <p>To learn about biological risk assessment and responsible research, you can watch the two videos below.</p>
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| − | <h5>Traditional Biological Risk Assessment — 7 min 16 sec — <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Safety/Learn_More/TBRA_Transcript">Transcript</a></h5>
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| − | <p style="font-size:smaller;"><b>These two videos were made available through SynBERC. Videos produced by Terry D. Johnson, based on slides by J. Christopher Anderson, both of UC Berkeley Bioengineering.</b></p>
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