Editing Synthetic Biology and Artificial Life (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Synthetic biology is understood through '''Standardization''' and '''Creation'''.

'''1. The "Standardization" of Life (Engineering)''':
"Biology is Hardware."
* (See Article 619). In **Traditional Biology**, "Every Organism" is "Unique" and "Complex."
* **SynBio** "Tries" to "Simplify" "Life."
* It "Creates" **"Standardized Genetic Parts"** (BioBricks) that "Behave" "Predictably" in "Any Cell."
* "A Promoter" "Always" "Starts" the "Process"; "A Terminator" "Always" "Stops" it.
* "The Cell" is **"A Circuit."**

'''2. The "Minimalist" Goal (Reduction)''':
"What is the Essence?"
* (See Article 148). **Craig Venter** "Stripped" a "Bacteria" of "Every Gene" it "Didn't Need."
* He "Created" a **"Minimal Cell"** (syn3.0) that "Only" "Lives and Divides."
* This "Teaches" us the **"Basic Rules of Life"** "Without" the "Noise" of "Evolution."
* "Life" is **"A Program."**

'''3. The "Alternative" Biology (Xenobiology)''':
"Beyond" "DNA."
* (See Article 686). "All Life" on Earth "Uses" the **"Same 20 Amino Acids."**
* **Xenobiologists** "Create" "Cells" that "Use" **"New Chemicals"** that "Never" "Existed."
* This "Creates" a **"Genetic Firewall"** (Synthetic organisms 'cannot' breed with 'natural' ones).
* "Evolution" is **"One Option."**

'''The 'Artemisinin' Success'''': (Jay Keasling). The "First" "Big Win" of SynBio. Scientists "Re-engineered" **Yeast** to "Produce" a "Malaria Drug" that previously "Required" "Extracting" from "Plants." It proved that "Cells" can be **"Factories"** for the **"Common Good."**
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