Design and Build of Synthetic DNA Goes Back to ‘BASIC’

March 11, 2015

(Eurekalert) – A new technique for creating artificial DNA that is faster, more accurate and more flexible than existing methods has been developed by scientists at Imperial College London. The new system – called BASIC – is a major advance for the field of synthetic biology, which designs and builds organisms able to make useful products such as medicines, energy, food, materials and chemicals.