Biology 2.0: When Biology Becomes Synthetic

After the dramatic advances in genomics, 21st century biology is heading for a revolution: synthetic biology. The consequences are huge, but the potential applications are promising. From the production of energy to new bio-materials through the environment and medicine, synthetic biology could usher in an era of greater efficiency, cheaper costs and lower pollution. Biology 2.0 discovers what nature would never have made and what man is in the process of creating. (PBS)