FROM SYNCHEM TO SYNBIO. The chemical synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides, RNA and cDNA were linear extensions of the early synthesis of urea and explosion of synthetic (modern organic) chemistry in the 19th century. Just as the synthesis of natural molecules considered off limits for chemists was revolutionary, so today, Synthetic Biology is a paradigm shift, where the synthesis of new life forms was equally condidered impossible. ”
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