The Age of Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology has provided mankind with a toolbox of well defined genetic parts and exciting permutations for building new functions. This has opened up a world of possibilities in using existing biological building blocks, and/or non-natural building blocks to create useful, functional systems, organisms, and products.

The ability to predictably combine genetic parts to achieve the desired outcome comes with a host of applications in health, agriculture, industry, and the environment. Advancements in synthetic biology research is expected to boost production of pharmaceutical products, precision drug delivery systems, low-cost clinical diagnostic kits and biosensors for detection, monitoring and management of important analytes.

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