Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: PubMed "nature biotechnology" Trends Biotechnol. 2026 Nov 7:S0167-7799(26)00432-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2026.10.012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSynthetic biology increasingly produces hybrid constructs that blur the boundaries of organism-based biosafety regulation. We propose using the term 'biological entity', defined by its capacity to interact meaningfully with biological systems or to facilitate biological processes, as an initial screening category before regulatory classification, enabling more coherent and proportionate oversight.PMID:42998925 | DOI:10.1016/j.tibtech.2026.10.012