Description: Synthetic Biology : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Davies, Jamie A., ISBN 0198803494, ISBN-13 9780198803492, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Synthetic biology is one of the 21st centurys fastest growing fields of research, as important for technology as for basic science. Building on traditional genetic engineering, which was restricted to changing one or two genes, synthetic biology uses multi-gene modules and pathways to make
very significant changes to what cells can do. Synthetic biologists aim to have an impact in fields as diverse as drug manufacture, biofuel production, tackling pollution, and medical diagnostics. Further ahead, synthetic biology may even make possible the long-standing goal of creating new life
from non-living starting materials.
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise explanation of what synthetic biology is, and how it is beginning to affect many fields of technology. Jamie Davies also discusses the considerable controversies surrounding synthetic biology, from questions over the assumption that engineering
concepts can be applied to living systems easily, to scepticism over the claims for commercial promise, fears that the dangers of engineering life are worse than its benefits, and concerns over whether humans should be designing living systems at all.
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Book Title: Synthetic Biology : A Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Name: Synthetic Biology : a Very Short Introduction
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Genetics, Life Sciences / Biology
Item Weight: 4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Jamie A. Davies
Subject Area: Science, Medical
Item Length: 6.9 in
Item Width: 4.4 in
Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
