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Re-engineering Life

Roland Pease meets the engineers and biologists hacking life's circuits

Synthetic biology, coming to a street near you. Engineers and biologists who hack the information circuits of living cells are already getting products to the market. Roland Pease meets the experts who are transforming living systems to transform our lives.

Picture: MIT spinout Synlogic is re-programming bacteria found in the gut as "living therapeutics" to treat major diseases and rare genetic disorders, courtesy of Synlogic

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27 minutes

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Tue 9 May 2017 13:32GMT

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  • Mon 8 May 2017 19:32GMT
  • Tue 9 May 2017 02:32GMT
  • Tue 9 May 2017 04:32GMT
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