Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction

by Jamie A. Davies

Book Overview

Synthetic biology is one of the 21st century's 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198803494
• ISBN13: 9780198803492
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.8"