Synthetic biology makes fateful decisions
Jessica Leff
Scientists engineer a recombinase-based synthetic circuit that enables “quantitative” control of cellular differentiation and population composition
By Jia LIU, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Edited by Karen Pepper
(BEIJING) – Cellular differentiation and a division of labor are essential to living systems as distinct cell types performing specialized functions arise in defined proportions and spatial arrangements. A central challenge in synthetic biology has therefore been how to program cells to.