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editorial
. 2008 Aug 22;9(9):822–827. doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.159

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The pillars of synthetic biology. Disciplines in biology, biotechnology, engineering and computing interact to form the foundations of synthetic biology. In addition, research on the origin of life is experiencing a considerable rebirth (Luisi, 2006).