Synthetic biology: Synthetic gene networks that smell
February 15th, 2017 by Fahim Farzadfard
Nature Chemical Biology 13, 245 (2017). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2315
Authors: Fahim Farzadfard & Timothy K Lu
Bioengineers have endowed a consortium of human cells with an artificial sense of smell, enabling the cells to detect, quantify, and remember the presence of gaseous volatile compounds in their environment.