The problem

Protecting human health in the 21st century is a global endeavor. New threats to human well-being – from emerging pathogens to environmental toxins and climate change – demand entirely new solutions.

Our inspiration

Biology holds answers to the problems we face in our society today. Living things build, maintain, and recycle themselves sustainably; they eliminate toxins from the environment and use them productively; and they fight pathogens quickly and creatively. Life on earth has all the requisite abilities we need to power new medical, scientific & manufacturing strategies.

Our solution

Our community has a long history of coaxing life’s secrets out of molecules, cells & organisms, and using these insights to fight disease. The Synthetic Biology HIVE now leverages the unsurpassed expertise of Harvard Medical School to engineer materials, technologies & manufacturing practices based on solutions invented by life on earth. Together, we are powering a new approach to human health at the global scale, partnering with the natural world to eliminate the root causes of human disease.