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What is synthetic biology and what's its potential? These stories explain

World Economic Forum · Natsai Audrey Chieza · last updated

Simply put, synthetic biology is the engineering and redesign of biological systems that do not already exist in nature, but which could have a range of applications in everything from therapeutics to conservation to manufacturing.

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