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What's in a name?

Defining an emerging field can be challenging. Nature Biotechnology asked 20 experts for their views on the term 'synthetic biology'.

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What's in a name?. Nat Biotechnol 27, 1071–1073 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1209-1071

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