Questions swarm around synthetic biology's impact on Mother Nature

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 20:00 in Biology & Nature

Conservationists say it's high time to consider whether synthetic biology will solve some of the huge problems that beset endangered species, or bring new problems. It just might do both."Synthetic biology brings with it a powerful attraction, causing biology to veer towards engineering with its inherent approach of human problem solving," three experts on biodiversity and conservation say in this...

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