Plant-based burgers that bleed, microbes that produce unnaturally strong spider silk, face masks with a CRISPR sensor for wearable detection of SARS-CoV-2 and plants that can be programmed like computers: the products of synthetic biology research sometimes seem like gadgets sent from the future. Nonetheless, they are changing what we eat, how we heal, what we wear and how we take care of our environment.

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[Whitman Pioneer, 2023.10.19, https://whitmanwire.com/front-page-slideshow/2023/10/19/programmable-plants-engineering-plant-growth-control-systems/]