New Centre Launched Today To Spearhead UK Research In Synthetic Biology

Programming biological cells so that they behave like engineering parts is the focus of research at a new UK centre launched today, thanks to an £8 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The new centre will focus on synthetic biology. This is a field in which engineers work with molecular bioscientists to produce biologically-based parts, by modifying DNA.

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Filed under: Pharma Industry on January 4th, 2009