Philip Ball 2005 Nanotechnology 16 R1 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/16/1/R01
Philip Ball
Show affiliationsSynthetic biology—the redesign of biological molecules, structures and organisms—is potentially one of the most powerful emerging technologies today. The modification of biological structures has already been pursued for a variety of nanotechnological objectives; but synthetic biology could provide the tools and understanding needed both to develop 'nanobiotechnology' in a more systematic manner and to expand the scope of what it might achieve. In this article I shall review what has been attained so far in this field, and look at some of the nanoscale possibilities that an engineering approach to cell biology might herald.
87.15.B- Structure of biomolecules
Issue 1 (January 2005)
Received 19 October 2004, in final form 21 October 2004
Published 8 December 2004
Philip Ball 2005 Nanotechnology 16 R1
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