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Synthetic biology is the discipline of engineering life. Not engineering things that interact with life, but life itself. But can we in fact design and construct synthetic living organisms? The idea may seem outrageous, but in fact the simplest living organisms have already been synthesized . . . More
Results
This semester the genetic elements were linked together and plasmids, or circular DNA, were generated . . . More
Synthetic Biology In The News
To see some recent results in the field of synthetic biology, click on the News button at the top of this page.
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