Advanced medicines, sustainable food production and manufacturing are all made possible through engineering biology. How is CPI harnessing its potential?
Science is undergoing a convergent revolution. Today, we can apply engineering principles combined with our understanding of biology and new technologies like machine learning to produce new products and processes more rapidly and sustainably, which can help address some of the most complex health and environmental challenges we face.
This is the power of engineering biology. Even though it may not be a household term, many of us felt the very tangible benefits of engineering biology during the COVID-19 pandemic when we saw the rapid development of new vaccine technology.
Scientists were able to programme cells to make a specific product designed to combat diseases. A microbe, for example, can be turned into a ‘cell factory’ using targeted modifications, producing a drug that could halt a new pandemic in its tracks.
