title: Programming cellular function.
abstract: The process of cellular engineering is rapidly accelerating owing to advances in technologies to manipulate DNA and other biomolecules, giving rise to the field of synthetic biology. A meeting was held in August 2005 to present progress in the field and to discuss topics in ethics, safety and security.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-2540, USA. cavoigt@picasso.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: Jay D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Keasling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends*; D019020:Directed Molecular Evolution; D006801:Humans; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000639:trends