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Synthetic biology

Synthetic biology is a field of biology that seeks to create new biological systems including cell, organisms, or devices.

The primary aim of synthetic biology is to improve natural biological systems to make them useful to humanity.

Definitions in the literature

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• A field that seeks to design organisms that might provide functions useful to humanity [1].
• A field of biology that draws on principles of engineering to create new biological parts, devices, or systems, and to redesign or improve natural systems [2].