Synthetic biologists redesign the way bacteria 'talk' to each other
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 03:01
in Biology & Nature
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have redesigned how harmless E. coli bacteria "talk" to each other. The new genetic circuit could become a useful new tool for synthetic biologists who, as a field, are looking for ways to better control the bacteria they engineer to perform all sorts of tasks, including drug delivery, bioproduction of valuable compounds, and environmental sensing.