Overview of Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary field that combines multiple disciplines such as biology, genomics, engineering, and informatics, with the aim of endowing biological systems with new functions or characteristics through artificial design and construction to solve medical problems. In the field of medicine, synthetic biology is mainly applied in medical prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. It utilizes technologies such as gene editing and DNA synthesis to optimize vaccines, designs efficient and sensitive biological components for real-time detection, and produces target organisms for direct application in cellular immunotherapy, providing new avenues for precision medicine and disease management.

The unit is designed for unsupervised public use: controls are recessed or shielded, moving parts are enclosed, and the interface is operable by a child of about six with no instruction. Where a screen is used, the language can be switched without changing the hardware, and the content can be replaced on site.

The difference between synthetic biology and traditional biology Liu Chenli, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology and president of the Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology Innovation, has a metaphor: "Traditional life science, which is top-down, is called learning from facts. The secret of life is hidden in the box. Open the box, and the process of opening the first layer is the process of discovery, which is what life science is doing. Synthetic biology is the reverse, and it is rebuilt from bottom to top, which means that the secret of life is put in by people themselves, and then wrap the package up to become a life body, and then see whether it can work.".