Synthetic biology

Biosynthetics (under construction) portal

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.

A light programmable biofilm made by the UT Austin / UCSF team during the 2004 Synthetic Biology competition, displaying "Hello World"

Contents

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• 1 History of the term
• 2 Biology
• 3 Chemistry
• 4 Engineering
• 5 Re-writing
• 6 Human practices: Emerging social, ethical, legal challenges
• 7 Key enabling technologies
  • 7.1 Sequencing
  • 7.2 Fabrication
  • 7.3 Modeling
  • 7.4 Measurement
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 External links
  • 10.1 Multimedia