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Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud
Print version ISSN 0121-0807
Abstract
FERNANDEZ-NINO, Miguel and ISLAM, Zia-ul. The potential of synthetic biology for improving environmental quality and human health in developing countries. Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud [online]. 2017, vol.49, n.1, pp.93-101. ISSN 0121-0807. https://doi.org/10.18273/revsal.v49n12017009.
Environmental quality is a major factor in global health that mainly affects the poorest populations. Vector- borne diseases, climate change, pollution and unintentional poisonings are recognized as the primary causes of environmental diseases burden in developing countries. The development and implementation of new technologies to reduce the impact of these risk factors on health in developing countries is a priority in the current research. In this regard, synthetic biology, a nearly new research area, has initiated a big revolution through the de novo design or rewiring of biological components, organisms, and functions with the aim to reduce the adverse effects of environmental risk factors on human health. Despite synthetic biology is well recognized for being a multidisciplinary area where biotechnologist, biologist, physicists, mathematicians and engineers play together, its integration with public health and other social sciences seems to be of relevance to apply these technologies into a practical context. In this review, we discuss the major advances in synthetic biology with potential to improve environmental quality and human health in developing countries.
Keywords : Public health; Synthetic biology; Developing countries; Environmental diseases..