With regard to regulations to prevent the release of hazardous life forms made in ways akin to the new Mycoplasma or by other means, there are two scenarios: bioerror and bioterror.

当人类能用类似于新支原体的方法或者其它方法制造生命时，需要考虑用立法的形式来阻止两种有害生命体形式被释放出来的情况，那就是生物学差错和生物恐怖攻击。

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