http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/23/synthetic-biology
On Point with Tom Ashbrook Is Creating New Life - Maybe Even A Neanderthal - Possible? January 23, 2013 Creating new life and bringing back old. Maybe even Neanderthal man. Synthetic biology can sound kind of bland. Like polyester pants. Nylon stockings. Synthetic - no big deal. But think about it. Synthetic biology. Biology fully, deeply, maybe radically remade by man. It's well underway. Re-engineering biology to make food, fuel, medicine. Seeds that grow into houses. Stronger, smarter humans. Maybe even bring back the dead. The extinct My guest today has written about finding an "extremely adventurous" woman to give birth to a Neanderthal. And he's not kidding. This hour, On Point: synthetic biology creating new and very old life. -Tom Ashbrook Guests George Church, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, and professor of health sciences and technology at Harvard and MIT. Co-author of "Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves." (@geochurch) Arthur Caplan, head of the division of bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City. (@arthurcaplan) Jay Keasling, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UC Berkeley. Director of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center. (@jaykeasling) http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/23/synthetic-biology _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
