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Plant synthetic biology could drive a revolution in biofuels and medicine

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EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 244, Issue 4, Pages 323-331

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1535370218793890

Keywords

Biofuels; gene editing; genetic engineering; plant produced vaccines; plant synthetic biology; renewable chemicals

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  1. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research [DE-AC02-05CH11231]

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Population growth, climate change, and dwindling finite resources are amongst the major challenges which are facing the planet. Requirements for food, materials, water, and energy will soon exceed capacity. Green biotechnology, fueled by recent plant synthetic biology breakthroughs, may offer solutions. This review summarizes current progress towards robust and predictable engineering of plants. I then discuss applications from the lab and field, with a focus on bioenergy, biomaterials, and medicine.

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