Synthetic Biology

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Several years ago there was talk of a new technology for food production and processing known as ‘synthetic biology’. Also referred to as’syn-bio’ or ‘GMO 2.0’, the loose terms covered everything from bioengineering yeasts to product particular flavorings or vitamin supplements to lab grown meat. Synthetic Biology involves writing new genetic code and biological “circuits” from scratch by printing them out on a DNA printer. In this way scientists can produce synthetic DNA and manipulate it into other organisms to create new living entities never before found in nature. We don’t hear much about synthetic biology at this point, but …read more

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