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Friday, January 27, 2012

Military Becomes a Major Funder of Synthetic Biology, and Scientists Are Mostly Fine With That

The U.S. Department of Defense has emerged as one of the major funders of synthetic biology; last fall, for instance, DARPA accepted proposals for a highly coveted set of grants in a new program, Living Foundries, that aims to “enable the rapid development of previously unattainable technologies and products, leveraging biology to solve challenges associated with production of new materials, novel capabilities, fuel and medicines.

Read More: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/01/16/military-becomes-a-chief-funder-of-synthetic-biology-and-scientists-are-mostly-fine-with-that/

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