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The Genesis Machine - Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
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The Genesis Machine - Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
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Synthetic biology is the technique that enables us not just to read
and edit but also write DNA to program living biological structures
as though they were tiny computers. Unlike cloning Dolly the
sheep-which cut and copied existing genetic material-the future of
synthetic biology might be something like an app store, where you
could download and add new capabilities into any cell, microbe,
plant, or animal. This breakthrough science has the potential to
mitigate, perhaps solve, humanity's immediate and longer-term
existential challenges: climate change; the feeding, clothing,
housing, and caring for billions of humans; fighting the next viral
outbreak before it becomes a global pandemic; old age as a
treatable pathology; bringing back extinct animals. It could also
be anarchic and socially destructive. With our governing structures
created in an era before startling advances in technology, we are
not prepared for a future in which life could be manipulated or
programmed. As futurist Amy Webb and synthetic biologist Andrew
Hessel show in this book, within the next decade, we will need to
make important decisions: whether to program novel viruses to fight
diseases, what genetic privacy will look like, who will "own"
living organisms, how companies should earn revenue from engineered
cells, and how to contain a synthetic organism in a lab. The
Genesis Machine? provides the background for us to understand and
grapple with these issues, and think through the religious,
philosophical, and ethical implications for the future.
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Imprint: |
PublicAffairs,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Amy Webb
• Andrew Hessel
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5417-9792-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5417-9792-2 |
Barcode: |
9781541797925 |
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