synthetic biology

American  

[sin-thet-ik bahy-ol-uh-jee] / sɪnˈθɛt ɪk baɪˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the development and application of scientific methods to create or redesign biological organisms and systems using lab-made DNA.

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synthetic biology British  

noun

1. the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems

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Etymology

Origin of synthetic biology

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

"Using synthetic biology, we built something like an electrical circuit, but instead of wires we used pieces of DNA," said Dr. Brian Ingalls, a professor of applied mathematics at Waterloo.

From Science Daily

Ultimately, it could also be used in synthetic biology and the design of new sequences of DNA which could be used in gene therapies.

From BBC

“Why don’t you tell us how you became interested in synthetic biology?”

From Literature

The findings from this project point toward that direction, and the research teams are already planning additional studies focused on microbial engineering and synthetic biology to improve future degradation capabilities.

From Science Daily

Ben Lamm, the 43-year old who co-founded Colossal with synthetic biology pioneer George Church, a 70-year old genetics professor at Harvard and MIT, understands that ultimately, no press is bad press.

From Salon