At the Olympics of synthetic biology, 50 percent of the teams are Chinese — and counting. What does that mean for the future of the biotech industry?
Gemy, iGEM's official mascot. A key feature of the competition since its inception is it's supposed to be fun. Credit: iGEM Foundation
Inside a cavernous convention hall in Paris in late October, thousands of students gathered for the latest biotechnology Olympics.
The event, called the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), is unknown to most yet revered in the brainy world of synthetic biology. Each year, more than 5,000 participants from high schools and universities around the world spend the summer mulling biological problems and how they might be solved through bioengineering. They then descend on P
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