Synthetic Biology - From iGEM to the Artificial Cell (Paperback, 2014 ed.)

Synthetic Biology (SB) is a revolutionary discipline with a vast range of practical applications, but is SB research really based on engineering principles? Does it contributing to the artificial synthesis of life or does it utilise approaches sufficiently advanced to fall outside the scope of biotechnology or metabolic engineering? This volume reviews the development of SB and includes the major milestones of the discipline, the 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches towards the construction of an artificial cell and the development of the "iGEM" competition. We conclude that SB is an emerging field with extraordinary technological potential, but that most research projects actually are an extension of metabolic engineering since the complexity of living organisms, their tight dependence on evolution and our limited knowledge of the interactions between the molecules, actually make life difficult to engineer.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 12
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Manuel Porcar • Juli Pereto
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	77
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9401793810
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Computer modelling & simulation Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > Genetic engineering Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology)
LSN:	9401793816
Barcode:	9789401793810

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