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Biohacking
(redirected from Synthetic biology)

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Biohacking
The creation of genetically-engineered organisms in makeshift gene laboratories


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AoDespite its promise, synthetic biology is unnerving to those who doubt that scientists can keep their inventions from escaping their labs and wreaking havoc and who wonder whether regulators can keep the fieldAAEs powerful potential out of the hands of terrorists.
Synthetic biology is the use of molecular biology techniques, engineering principles, and mathematical modelling to design and construct genetic circuits that enable living cells to carry out novel functions.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Synthetic biology envisions that we can redesign natural biological systems and make them more efficient, and build living machines from common chemical ingredients.
 
 
 
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