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Post by aqt on Jan 22, 2010 18:20:43 GMT -5
Synthetic biology is a new area of biological research that combines science and engineering in order to design and build ("synthesize") novel biological functions and systems. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology
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Post by aqt on Jan 22, 2010 18:22:03 GMT -5
This year's conference of The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative was Synthetic Biology: Building on Nature's Inspiration on 19-22 Nov, 2009 syntheticbiology.org/
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Post by aqt on Jan 22, 2010 18:24:44 GMT -5
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Post by aqt on Jan 22, 2010 18:29:24 GMT -5
If the notion of hacking DNA sounds like genetic engineering, think again. Genetic engineering generally involves moving a preexisting gene from one organism to another, an activity Endy calls DNA bashing. For all its impressive and profitable results, DNA bashing is hardly creative. Proper engineering, by contrast, means designing what you want to make, analyzing the design to be sure it will work, and then building it from the ground up. And that's what synthetic biology is about: specifying every bit of DNA that goes into an organism to determine its form and function in a controlled, predictable way, like etching a microprocessor or building a bridge. The goal, as Endy puts it, is nothing less than to "reimplement life in a manner of our choosing."www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/mit.html
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Post by aqt on Jan 22, 2010 18:32:24 GMT -5
Synthetic biology is the design and construction of new biological parts, devices and systems ( and the re-design of existing, natural biological systems)www.synthetic-biology.info/
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