Drew Endy

  • synthetic biology

    TITLE: synthetic biology: Advances in synthetic biology
    SECTION: Advances in synthetic biology
    Another scientist prominent in the field of synthetic biology was American bioengineer Drew Endy, who founded the nonprofit BioBricks Foundation. Endy was developing a catalogue of information needed to synthesize basic biological parts, or “bricks,” from DNA and other molecules. Other scientists and engineers were able to use this information to build whatever biological products...