Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine
Synthetic biology is an emerging area of research that combines the investigative nature of biology with the constructive nature of engineering. Despite the field being in its infancy, it has already aided the development of a myriad of industrially and pharmaceutically useful compounds, devices and...
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| author | Angharad Evans Elizabeth Ratcliffe |
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| description | Synthetic biology is an emerging area of research that combines the investigative nature of biology with the constructive nature of engineering. Despite the field being in its infancy, it has already aided the development of a myriad of industrially and pharmaceutically useful compounds, devices and therapies and is now being applied within the field of regenerative medicine. By combining synthetic biology with regenerative medicine, the engineering of cells and organisms offers potential avenues for applications in tissue engineering, bioprocessing, biomaterial and scaffold development, stem cell therapies and even gene therapies. This review aims to discuss how synthetic biology has been applied within these distinct areas of regenerative medicine, the challenges it faces and any future possibilities this exciting new field may hold. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bbd909e85c314b47b9cf278c00046ff02022-12-21T22:10:06ZengWileyEngineering Biology2398-61822017-05-0110.1049/enb.2017.0007ENB.2017.0007Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicineAngharad Evans0Elizabeth Ratcliffe1Loughborough UniversityLoughborough UniversitySynthetic biology is an emerging area of research that combines the investigative nature of biology with the constructive nature of engineering. Despite the field being in its infancy, it has already aided the development of a myriad of industrially and pharmaceutically useful compounds, devices and therapies and is now being applied within the field of regenerative medicine. By combining synthetic biology with regenerative medicine, the engineering of cells and organisms offers potential avenues for applications in tissue engineering, bioprocessing, biomaterial and scaffold development, stem cell therapies and even gene therapies. This review aims to discuss how synthetic biology has been applied within these distinct areas of regenerative medicine, the challenges it faces and any future possibilities this exciting new field may hold.https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/enb.2017.0007tissue engineeringcellular biophysicsbiomedical materialsgene therapysynthetic biologyregenerative medicinecell engineeringtissue engineeringbioprocessingbiomaterialscaffold developmentstem cell therapygene therapy |
| spellingShingle | Angharad Evans Elizabeth Ratcliffe Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine Engineering Biology tissue engineering cellular biophysics biomedical materials gene therapy synthetic biology regenerative medicine cell engineering tissue engineering bioprocessing biomaterial scaffold development stem cell therapy gene therapy |
| title | Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine |
| title_full | Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine |
| title_fullStr | Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine |
| title_short | Rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine |
| title_sort | rising influence of synthetic biology in regenerative medicine |
| topic | tissue engineering cellular biophysics biomedical materials gene therapy synthetic biology regenerative medicine cell engineering tissue engineering bioprocessing biomaterial scaffold development stem cell therapy gene therapy |
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