Building Lego-style synthetic BioBricks in a public laboratory


     As I posted previously about synthetic biology, I thought I would post about an article that WIRED published.

     Amateur scientists build Lego-style synthetic BioBricks in public lab
     Tuesday, September 25, 2012
     By Joel Winston

     While some may believe that science is better left to scientists, hundreds of amateur biologists around the world have been setting-up makeshift biology labs in their homes, garages, and community centers.   Read full article at www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/24/synthetic-biology .

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