Can you build your own synthetic biology, synthetic cyborgs?

你能做出你自己的成生物，成改造人吗？

I was filming for a documentary about microbes and synthetic biology.

Pulkkis：我正在拍摄一部关于微生物成生物学的纪。

We're also using synthetic biology to design a candidate vaccine for COVID-19.

我们也在使用成生物学设计 COVID-19 的备选疫苗。

These thoughts became a cutting-edge field later, called biocomputation and synthetic biology.

这些想法后来成为一个前沿领域，称为生物计算成生物学。

So is synthetic biology, which I'll now refer to as " synbio."

成生物学也是如此，我现在将其称为“成生物” 。

And we're even looking at the tools for synthetic biology.

我们甚至正在成生物学的工具。

Well, synthetic biology is the engineering of nature to benefit society.

嗯，成生物学是造福社会的自然工程。

For instance, synthetic biology seeks to write biology as a design problem.

例如，成生物学试图将生物学写成一个设计问题。

These are the first semisynthetic organisms.

这些是第一个半成生物。

It's not just synthetic biology, either.

这不仅仅是成生物学。

You do that with genetic engineering and synthetic biology.

你可以用基因工程成生物学来做到这一点。

Imagine being able to precisely control gene expression in synthetic organisms.

想象一下能够精确控制成生物体中的基因表达。

Next, we need to make fighting these dangers core to the discipline of synthetic biology.

接下来，我们需要将对抗这些危险作为成生物学学科的核心。

So how can DNA and synthetic biology help?

那么 DNA 成生物学如何提供帮助？

Jay Keasling is a synthetic biologist at U.C. Berkeley, who has previously programmed yeast to cheaply produce antimalarial drugs.

杰伊·基斯林是加州大学伯克利分校的成生物学家，他曾为酵母编程，以廉价生产抗疟疾药物。

This lecture is about the applications of synthetic biology and doing things with biological systems.

本讲座内容涉及成生物学的应用以及对生物系统的操作。

Here they are, the stars of the show, the first fully-functional semisynthetic organisms.

在这里， 他们是节目中的明星，第一个功能齐全的半成生物。

Others are using synthetic and biological bodies created for them in the physical world.

其他人则使用物质世界为他们创造的成生物身体。

Zymergen, another synthetic biology lighthouse, whenever they design a product, use a ruthless design-to-cost approach.

Zymergen，另一个成生物学灯塔，每当他们设计产品时，都会使用无情的设计成本方法。

But what if you can go back to that idea of synthetic biology

但是，如果你能回到成生物学的想法呢？