Cellular biocircuit design has taken a major step forward. The circuit reuses the cell's own protein-degradation system to synchronize the expression of two synthetic modules throughout an entire bacterial population. See Letter p.387
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Solé, R., Macía, J. Biocircuits in synchrony. Nature 508, 326–327 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13224
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