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Published in final edited form as: J Med Ethics. 2010 Oct 8;36(11):687–693. doi: 10.1136/jme.2010.038232

Table 1.

Some potential applications of synthetic biology

Sector	Examples
Medical	Anti-cancer viruses¹³ ¹⁴ HIV treatments¹⁸
Industrial	Manufacture of drugs²⁰ ²¹ Fabric industry¹⁵ Biofuel manufacture ¹⁵ ²²
Environmental	Biosensors¹⁶ ¹⁷ ²³ Deactivation of toxins¹⁹