I doubt if there will be any diminution of the importance of biotechnology. At the present time it is the development of various drugs especially therapeutic proteins through genetic engineering that many scientists feel is most exciting.
It's possible that synthetic biology will reveal new knowledge about the machinery of life as well as bringing new biotechnological applications to the world. Research is progressing, for example, on synthetic manufacture of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.
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