Breve Descripción de la Biología Sintética y la Importancia de su Relación con otras Disciplinas

Translated title of the contribution: Brief description of Synthetic Biology and the importance of its relationship with other disciplines

L. A. Muñoz-Miranda, I. Higuera-Ciapara, A. C. Gschaedler-Mathis, L. C. Rodríguez-Zapata, A. Pereira-Santana, L. J. Figueroa-Yáñez

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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.

Translated title of the contributionBrief description of Synthetic Biology and the importance of its relationship with other disciplines
Original languageSpanish
JournalRevista Mexicana de Ingenieria Biomedica
Volume40
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

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