Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23744901›Full record

ArticleMicrobiology (Reading, England)2013

Synthetic biology: biology by design.

M A J Roberts, R M Cranenburgh, M P Stevens, P C F Oyston

Abstract read
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Article in Microbiology (Reading, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Design biology and mind-body health.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2025
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  9. Applications of synthetic biology in medical and pharmaceutical fields.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

M A J RobertsBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Garrod Building, Turner St., Whitechapel, London E1 2AD, UK.
R M CranenburghProkarium Ltd, Stephenson Building, Keele Science Park, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5SP, UK.
M P StevensThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
P C F OystonBiomedical Sciences, DSTL Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalBacteriaComputer-Aided DesignGenetic EngineeringSynthetic Biology

Identifiers

PMID23744901
PMCPMC3749723

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Registered trials

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