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Med Princ Pract ; 22(3): 209-19, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22907209

ABSTRACT

Synthetic biology, application of synthetic chemistry to biology, is a broad term that covers the engineering of biological systems with structures and functions not found in nature to process information, manipulate chemicals, produce energy, maintain cell environment and enhance human health. Synthetic biology devices contribute not only to improve our understanding of disease mechanisms, but also provide novel diagnostic tools. Methods based on synthetic biology enable the design of novel strategies for the treatment of cancer, immune diseases metabolic disorders and infectious diseases as well as the production of cheap drugs. The potential of synthetic genome, using an expanded genetic code that is designed for specific drug synthesis as well as delivery and activation of the drug in vivo by a pathological signal, was already pointed out during a lecture delivered at Kuwait University in 2005. Of two approaches to synthetic biology, top-down and bottom-up, the latter is more relevant to the development of personalized medicines as it provides more flexibility in constructing a partially synthetic cell from basic building blocks for a desired task.


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Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy/methods , Precision Medicine/methods , Synthetic Biology/methods , Artificial Cells , Biosensing Techniques , Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy/ethics , Genes, Synthetic , Humans , Metabolic Engineering/ethics , Metabolic Engineering/methods , Neoplasms/therapy , Pharmacogenetics/ethics , Pharmacogenetics/methods , Precision Medicine/ethics , Synthetic Biology/ethics , Synthetic Biology/legislation & jurisprudence , Transcriptional Activation , Vaccines, Synthetic/pharmacology
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