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What is synthetic biology?

What is synthetic biology? (Bioethics · Synthetic Biology) — "Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) is a scientific field that has gained much prominence in popular medi…

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  • Synthetic Biology (SynBio)
  • SynBio has gained prominence in popular media and scientific literature.
  • Historical development of the term
  • In 1980, Barbara Hoom coined the term to describe genetically engineered bacteria using recombinant DNA technology.
  • In 2000, Eric Kool and other speakers reintroduced the term for unnatural organic molecules functioning in living systems.
  • SynBio builds, models, designs, and fabricates novel biological systems using customized gene components.
  • These customized components can produce artificially created genetic circuitry.
  • SynBio is an umbrella term covering two broad research subfields.
  • One subfield uses unnatural molecules to produce a desired product from natural biology.
  • The other assembles interchangeable natural parts into systems that act unnaturally.
  • Both subfields use interchangeable parts that function independently to develop systems meeting specific requirements.
  • The aim of SynBio is to identify and create interchangeable molecular parts or toolkits.
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"Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) is a scientific field that has gained much prominence in popular media and scientific literature. In 1980, Barbara Hoom coined the term ‘synthetic biology’ to describe a specific class of genetically engineered bacteria using recombinant DNA technology. In 2000, Eric Kool and other speakers at the American Chemical Society annual meeting in San Francisco reintroduced the term to describe the synthesis of unnatural organic molecules that function in living systems. SynBio refers to the building, modelling, designing, and fabricating of novel biological systems using customized gene components that result in artificially created genetic circuitry. This umbrella term covers a variety of research areas that can mainly be classified into two broad subfields. One uses unnatural molecules to produce a desired product from natural biology. The other seeks interchangeable parts from natural biology to assemble into systems that act unnaturally. The common goal for both subfields is to use interchangeable parts that can function independently to develop new systems that meet specific desired requirements. Identifying and creating such interchangeable parts or toolkits in the molecular world is the aim of SynBio."

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