Open AccessWhat is synthetic genomics anyway?
Author(s) -
Tom Ellis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the biochemist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1740-1194
pISSN - 0954-982X
DOI - 10.1042/bio04103006
Subject(s) - headline , genomics , synthetic biology , george (robot) , data science , biology , computational biology , computer science , genome , genetics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , linguistics , gene
You may have heard of synthetic genomics. This headline-grabbing, high-profile, big science topic is starting to emerge catalysed by the pioneering work of famous names in synthetic biology and biotechnology like George Church and Craig Venter. But what is synthetic genomics and what is it being used for? As a prominent researcher at a recent UK meeting said: “Is it just synthetic biology with bigger bits of DNA?” Well no, not quite…
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