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In descriptions of what synthetic biology is all about and of what characterizes this new field of biotechnology, several notions of activities are found According to some proponents of synthetic biology, the new bioengineering discipline pursues the goal of “constructing new living things” and, in order to achieve that, “the development of tools” (“What’s in a name?” 2009), as Drew Endy puts it.
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Eichinger, T. (2016). Production biology. In: Boldt, J. (eds) Synthetic Biology. Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10988-2_5
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