title: All It Takes Is Vision: Synthetic Biology Opens the Doors to Vast Possibilities: "Ideas Just Pop Into Your Head".
abstract: Traditional genetic engineering has for several decades enabled the cutting and pasting of DNA from one place to another, allowing for all kinds of developments: giving bacteria the ability to make insulin, making crops pesticide-resistant, and increasing the size of food animals, to name but a few.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mertz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D058615:Synthetic Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*