Synthetic biology

Synthetic biology (SynBio) is a multidisciplinary field of science that focuses on living systems and organisms. It applies engineering principles to develop new biological parts, devices, and systems or to redesign existing systems found in nature.^[1]

Synthetic biology focuses on engineering existing organisms to redesign them for useful purposes.^[2] It includes designing and constructing biological modules, biological systems, and biological machines, or re-designing existing biological systems for useful purposes.^[3] In order to produce predictable and robust systems with novel functionalities that do not already exist in nature, it is necessary to apply the engineering paradigm of systems design to biological systems. According to the European Commission, this possibly involves a molecular assembler based on biomolecular systems such as the ribosome:^[4]

Feynman's vision of a medical use for nanotechnology by *swallowing the doctor* may be partially achieved by the **ribosome**, which functions as a biological machine. Such protein domain dynamics can only now be seen by neutron spin echo spectroscopy.

Synthetic biology is a branch of science that encompasses a broad range of methodologies from various disciplines, such as biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, biomaterials,chemical and biological engineering, control engineering, electrical and computer engineering, evolutionary biology, genetic engineering, material science/engineering, membrane science, molecular biology, molecular engineering, nanotechnology, and systems biology.

^ Hanczyc MM (May 2020). "Engineering Life: A Review of Synthetic Biology". Artificial Life. 26 (2): 260–273. doi:10.1162/artl_a_00318. hdl:11572/302757. ISSN 1064-5462. PMID 32271630. S2CID 215550945.
^ "Synthetic Biology". Genome.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ Nakano T, Eckford AW, Haraguchi T (12 September 2013). Molecular Communication. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02308-6.
^ "Productive Nanosystems: A Technology Roadmap" (PDF). Foresight Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[:10-1] Hanczyc MM (May 2020). "Engineering Life: A Review of Synthetic Biology". Artificial Life. 26 (2): 260–273. doi:10.1162/artl_a_00318. hdl:11572/302757. ISSN 1064-5462. PMID 32271630. S2CID 215550945.

[Synthetic_Biology-2] "Synthetic Biology". Genome.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

[NakanoEckford2013-3] Nakano T, Eckford AW, Haraguchi T (12 September 2013). Molecular Communication. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02308-6.

[RoadMap-4] "Productive Nanosystems: A Technology Roadmap" (PDF). Foresight Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

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