The US bioeconomy (biotechnology-based economic activity) currently contributes 5.1 percent or more of US GDP and has tremendous growth potential. Realizing that potential requires, among other efforts, investment by the government to advance innovation infrastructure including regulatory frameworks that are open to new technologies and don’t obstruct them.

By using synthetic biology, scientists are working to isolate and cultivate strains of coral that can naturally withstand higher sea surface temperatures associated with climate change.

The Genetic Literacy Project published an article in which they review new developments using synthetic biology to create more sustainable dyes and fabrics from microbes.