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Synthetic biology

Engineering explored

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Synthetic biology involves the creation of biological systems for new applications by modifying and reassembling biological components. Two views are presented here on the best way to engineer these components so that they reliably generate organisms with desired traits.

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Figure 1: Two methods for the synthetic engineering of organisms.

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  1. Pamela A. Silver and Jeffrey C. Way are at Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.,

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  2. Frances H. Arnold and Joseph T. Meyerowitz are in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.,

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Silver, P., Way, J., Arnold, F. et al. Engineering explored. Nature 509, 166–167 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/509166a

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