Playing God? – "We are not playing..."
After having seen this TED talk by Craig Venter, I came across a cynical yet clarifying comic (etcgroup.org) on his plans to build a new DNA synthesizer, an instrument that is basically about "printing" life. Manufactured DNA can be injected into a natural bacterial cell, where it substitutes part of the original genome. When that cell divides, one of both cells will contain the synthetic genome. Voilá: a new species is born.
Craig Venter is the first individual of whom the diploïd genome was published (here is a small video describing that project).
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Arman
This is absolutely unethical...oh man...these scientists are just getting so wicked by the days. We are animal loves, you fucking retards
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Tony
Now, that is scary. That is very, very scary!
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systmh
now that is cool. that is very, very cool. nothing more to say at this juncture..
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