Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology: Safety, Security and Risk Assessment - Hardcoverby Quentin Webster (Editor) Synthetic biology is a branch of science that seeks to create new biological parts, devices and systems, or to redesign systems that already exist in nature. It is a multidisciplinary area of research that encompasses a wide range of methodologies from several disciplines including biotechnology, molecular biology, chemical and biological engineering, etc. There are two different approaches in synthetic biology, namely, top