Researchers create synthetic cells to isolate genetic circuits | MIT News
Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be placed in cells, giving them new functions such as producing drugs or other useful molecules. However, as these circuits become more complex, the genetic components can interfere with each other, making it difficult to achieve more complicated functions.
MIT researchers have now demonstrated that these circuits can be isolated within individual synthetic “cells,” preventing them from disrupting each other. The researchers…
Author of the article: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office, November 14, 2016
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Source: Researchers create synthetic cells to isolate genetic circuits | MIT News
Image: Nick Fair, MIT researchers have developed a way to isolate genetic circuits within individual synthetic “cells,” preventing the circuits from disrupting each other.