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<regulartext> Synthetic biology is an exciting new field that applies engineering principles to biological systems in order to create novel organisms that are beneficial to human beings. Synthetic biology has its inception in 1978, where the discovery of restriction enzymes gave scientists the basic tools necessary to cut DNA into discrete segments, the first step in harnessing their engineering potential. Since then this toolkit has expanded rapidly, now even a team of undergraduate’s students can create a synthetic organism in as little as a summer! </regulartext><p> | <regulartext> Synthetic biology is an exciting new field that applies engineering principles to biological systems in order to create novel organisms that are beneficial to human beings. Synthetic biology has its inception in 1978, where the discovery of restriction enzymes gave scientists the basic tools necessary to cut DNA into discrete segments, the first step in harnessing their engineering potential. Since then this toolkit has expanded rapidly, now even a team of undergraduate’s students can create a synthetic organism in as little as a summer! </regulartext><p> | ||
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