BioSecurity: How synthetic biology is changing the way we look at biology and biological threats

March 12, 2010

Synthetic biology is ushering in a new era of biology that is no longer contained within the walls of laboratories in universities and private companies. This movement is known as do-it-yourself bio (DIYbio) and has been compared with models familiar in the cybertech tech world such as commons-based peer production and open source innovation. (Nanotechnology Now)