The ten grand challenges of synthetic life.

Porcar, Manuel; Danchin, Antoine; de Lorenzo, Victor; Dos Santos, Vitor A; Krasnogor, Natalio; Rasmussen, Steen; Moya, Andrés

dc.contributor.author	Porcar, Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Danchin, Antoine
dc.contributor.author	de Lorenzo, Victor
dc.contributor.author	Dos Santos, Vitor A
dc.contributor.author	Krasnogor, Natalio
dc.contributor.author	Rasmussen, Steen
dc.contributor.author	Moya, Andrés
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-29T12:40:39Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-29T12:40:39Z
dc.date.issued	2011-06
dc.identifier.citation	The ten grand challenges of synthetic life. 2011, 5 (1-2):1-9 Syst Synth Biol	en
dc.identifier.issn	1872-5333
dc.identifier.pmid	21949672
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11693-011-9084-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10033/339036
dc.description.abstract	The construction of artificial life is one of the main scientific challenges of the Synthetic Biology era. Advances in DNA synthesis and a better understanding of regulatory processes make the goal of constructing the first artificial cell a realistic possibility. This would be both a fundamental scientific milestone and a starting point of a vast range of applications, from biofuel production to drug design. However, several major issues might hamper the objective of achieving an artificial cell. From the bottom-up to the selection-based strategies, this work encompasses the ten grand challenges synthetic biologists will have to be aware of in order to cope with the task of creating life in the lab.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	The ten grand challenges of synthetic life.	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.identifier.journal	Systems and synthetic biology	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-06-13T20:02:26Z
html.description.abstract	The construction of artificial life is one of the main scientific challenges of the Synthetic Biology era. Advances in DNA synthesis and a better understanding of regulatory processes make the goal of constructing the first artificial cell a realistic possibility. This would be both a fundamental scientific milestone and a starting point of a vast range of applications, from biofuel production to drug design. However, several major issues might hamper the objective of achieving an artificial cell. From the bottom-up to the selection-based strategies, this work encompasses the ten grand challenges synthetic biologists will have to be aware of in order to cope with the task of creating life in the lab.