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Build-a-Cell: Engineering a Synthetic Cell Community

Build-a-Cell is a global network of researchers that aims to develop synthetic living cells within the next decade. These cells will revolutionize the biotechnology industry by providing scientists and engineers with a more complete understanding of biology. Researchers can already replicate many ce...

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Autores principales: Frischmon, Caroline, Sorenson, Carlise, Winikoff, Michael, Adamala, Katarzyna P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8618533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34833052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111176
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author Frischmon, Caroline
Sorenson, Carlise
Winikoff, Michael
Adamala, Katarzyna P.
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description Build-a-Cell is a global network of researchers that aims to develop synthetic living cells within the next decade. These cells will revolutionize the biotechnology industry by providing scientists and engineers with a more complete understanding of biology. Researchers can already replicate many cellular functions individually, but combining them into a single cell remains a significant challenge. This integration step will require the type of large-scale collaboration made possible by Build-a-Cell’s open, collective structure. Beyond the lab, Build-a-Cell addresses policy issues and biosecurity concerns associated with synthetic cells. The following review discusses Build-a-Cell’s history, function, and goals.
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spelling pubmed-86185332021-11-27 Build-a-Cell: Engineering a Synthetic Cell Community Frischmon, Caroline Sorenson, Carlise Winikoff, Michael Adamala, Katarzyna P. Life (Basel) Perspective Build-a-Cell is a global network of researchers that aims to develop synthetic living cells within the next decade. These cells will revolutionize the biotechnology industry by providing scientists and engineers with a more complete understanding of biology. Researchers can already replicate many cellular functions individually, but combining them into a single cell remains a significant challenge. This integration step will require the type of large-scale collaboration made possible by Build-a-Cell’s open, collective structure. Beyond the lab, Build-a-Cell addresses policy issues and biosecurity concerns associated with synthetic cells. The following review discusses Build-a-Cell’s history, function, and goals. MDPI 2021-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8618533/ /pubmed/34833052 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111176 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8618533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34833052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111176
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