Risk assessment, safety and legal issues in synthetic biology

In the early stages of the emergence of new technologies, technological risks scrutiny and consideration of advantages and problems arising from it, often accompanied with insufficient knowledge about the subject and its unfair analysis. In recent decades, due to the significant progress in synthetic biology, discussions about the benefits and potential risks to human health and environment and the social, economic and ecological effects, has been intensified. Now the question that arises in the scientific and legal community that is there strategies to achieve an acceptable level of safety in relation to this technology? Since assessments conducted based on the precautionary principle, focus should be on the cases that maybe have severe complications and uncontrolled and irreversible effects. However, it should be noted that the closest technology to synthetic biology is genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms. To determine legal framework for activities in synthetic biology field, transgenic existing laws should be revised and according to differences and similarities between them, framework laws to be set for synthetic biology. In this article some aspects of safety, possible risks and legal structures for synthetic biology are described.