Bottom-up assembly of viral replication cycles.
Oskar StauferGösta GantnerIlia PlatzmanKlaus TannerImre BergerJoachim P SpatzPublished in: Nature communications (2022)
Bottom-up synthetic biology provides new means to understand living matter by constructing minimal life-like systems. This principle can also be applied to study infectious diseases. Here we summarize approaches and ethical considerations for the bottom-up assembly of viral replication cycles.