Abstract

Synthetic Biology is not just a contemporary update of the recombinant DNA technologies of the past 30 years along with a descriptive language imported from electrical and industrial engineering. It is also a new key to interpreting living systems, as well as a declaration of intent about the use and reprogramming of biological objects for human benefit. In the same way that scientific chemistry initiated by Lavoisier evolved into the Chemical Engineering that is the basis of our industrial society, Biology has acquired a transforming potential that will possibly lead to a type of industry and economy very different from the current paradigm. To this end, it is essential to identify bottlenecks that limit the design of biological objects from first principles and not to miss the train of Synthetic Biology at its current foundational stage, when talent -and not muscle- is what really matters.

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  • Desde el comienzo del milenio la Biología está experi- ómicas que se empezaron a aplicar a los sistemas biolóa149 mentando una transición acelerada entre ser una ciencia predominantemente descriptiva a ser una disciplina gicos desde finales de los años 90

  • In the same way that scientific chemistry initiated by Lavoisier evolved into the

  • Chemical Engineering that is the basis of our industrial society

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Desde el comienzo del milenio la Biología está experi- ómicas que se empezaron a aplicar a los sistemas biolóa149 mentando una transición acelerada entre ser una ciencia predominantemente descriptiva a ser una disciplina gicos desde finales de los años 90. Y aquí viene la propuesta jetos biológicos como si fueran el producto de una revolucionaria de la Biología sintética: para entender ingeniería no dice nada sobre la intervención de un el funcionamiento de los sistemas vivos tenemos que ingeniero.

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