Opportunities for microfluidic technologies in synthetic biology.
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We introduce microfluidics technologies as a key foundational technology for synthetic biology experimentation. Recent advances in the field of microfluidics are reviewed and the potential of such a technological platform to support the rapid development of synthetic biology solutions is discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
دوره 6 Suppl 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009