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What exactly is synthetic biology?

Authors :
Michael Gross
Source :
Current Biology. 21(16):R611-R614
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2011.

Abstract

Summary Having spent the 20 th 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.

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Subjects :
Synthetic biology
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Epistemology

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ISSN :
09609822
Volume :
21
Issue :
16
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Current Biology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ac27b702b0299d802b2b654e3f396754
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.002
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