What exactly is synthetic biology?
Abstract
Summary. Having spent the 20th century taking living things apart, biologists are now beginning to put pieces together in new forms. Synthetic biology emerges as a new discipline with a few success stories, but no clear direction yet. Michael Gross reports.
- Publication:
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Current Biology
- Pub Date:
- August 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.002
- Bibcode:
- 2011CBio...21.R611G