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Synthetic biology is the design and construction of biological modules, from enzymes to complete cells.Synthetic biology combines biology, chemistry, and engineering, and strives to create new systems to solve specific problems.ynthetic biologists attempt to design, model and then fabricate ideal biological systems. Applications for synthetic biology include drug discovery, the production of biofuels, âbiosensingâ (using a biological component to detect an environmental signal), investigating disease mechanisms, and more.
But synthetic biology has an Achilles heel, hidden in plain sight: All of the researchers in the field make their creations using strands of preformed DNA and RNA that they can buy from a supply house. First Contact. What is commonly known as âfood poisoningâ involves the ingestion of preformed toxins in food.