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<font size="4">However, it is not possible to chemically synthesize all natural products in an economical manner, despite advances in synthetic organic chemistry during the past century; for example, the potent antimalarial drug precursor artemisinin cannot be economically produced by chemical synthesis alone <cite> Paddon2014 </cite>.</font>
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<font size="4">The fibre spun with the native-sized recombinant spider silk protein showed similar mechanical properties to native spider silk, thus opening the possibility of its wide range of industrial and biomedical applications. <cite> Xia2010 </cite>.</font>
 
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// Summary of how economical semi-synthetic production of artemisinin was achieved in engineered yeast
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#JBEI2013 Turning Sugar into High Performance Fuel: CNN's The Next List Profiles Jay Keasling ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kC0knLaW8 Watch on YouTube])
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// CNN Interview with Jay Keasling that mentions artemisinin and also focuses on biofuels.
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Using synthetic biology to produce artemisinin [1].

Download Pre-Discussion Questions (PDF)

The fibre spun with the native-sized recombinant spider silk protein showed similar mechanical properties to native spider silk, thus opening the possibility of its wide range of industrial and biomedical applications. [1].

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    Production of spider silk in 'E. coli'

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    Mussel adhesion proteins on 'E. coli'
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    Self-healing concrete
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    Bioplastics
  4. silk [Spider]
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