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Brief description of Synthetic Biology and the importance of its relationship with other disciplines

Original title: Breve Descripción de la Biología Sintética y la Importancia de su Relación con otras Disciplinas
  • L. A. Muñoz-Miranda
    ,
  • ,
  • A. C. Gschaedler-Mathis
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  • L. C. Rodríguez-Zapata
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  • A. Pereira-Santana
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  • L. J. Figueroa-Yáñez
  • Clúster Científico y Tecnológico Biomimic®
    ,
  • Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan
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Original language

Spanish

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Revista Mexicana de Ingenieria Biomedica (Volume 40, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2019

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2019

ISSN

0188-9532

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 85062680086

Abstract

Synthetic biology (SynBio) it is considered a very recent discipline. View as a tool serves to design or re-design biological systems, giving them improved qualities or new qualities. In the SynBio, the design of new biological systems requires very precise molecular tools, such as: a) bioinformatics, b) sequencing NGS (Next Generation Sequencing), assembly and synthesis of DNA c) and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. Within the SynBio there are other social profile disciplines which concerned to ethical, legal, philosophical, and economic, and for that reason it is considered a multidiscipline. The SynBio is promoting the development of new (emerging) technologies based on an engineering perspective. In SynBio, DNA is understood in a practical and abstract way as a series of parts that can be assembled in a certain order to obtain the desired products once the functionality of each part is known. The SynBio has given rise to a new conception of the economy worldwide and consequently the term Bioeconomy is already taken very seriously as a new discipline that will transform societies.

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