Synthetic biology: at the crossroads of genetic engineering and human therapeutics - a Keystone Symposia report

Cable, Jennifer, Leonard, Joshua N. and Lu, Timothy K. , et al. (2021) Synthetic biology: at the crossroads of genetic engineering and human therapeutics - a Keystone Symposia report. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1506 (1), 98-117. (doi:10.1111/nyas.14710).

Abstract

Synthetic biology has the potential to transform cell- and gene-based therapies for a variety of diseases. Sophisticated tools are now available for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells to engineer cells to selectively achieve therapeutic effects in response to one or more disease-related signals, thus sparing healthy tissue from potentially cytotoxic effects. This report summarizes the Keystone eSymposium “Synthetic Biology: At the Crossroads of Genetic Engineering and Human Therapeutics,” which took place on May 3 and 4, 2021. Given that several therapies engineered using synthetic biology have entered clinical trials, there was a clear need for a synthetic biology symposium that emphasizes the therapeutic applications of synthetic biology as opposed to the technical aspects. Presenters discussed the use of synthetic biology to improve T cell, gene, and viral therapies, to engineer probiotics, and to expand upon existing modalities and functions of cell-based therapies.

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Author: Owen J.L. Rackham

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