Synthetic Biology is one of arguably the most promising fields of (science fiction turned) science with a whole myriad of potential applications. It was only several months ago when Craig Venter unveiled his breakthrough creation of synthetic life but even before this controversial milestone the issues surrounding it have inspired as much fear as promise. Most experts in the field believe that fear arises from ignorance and better education about the benefits of synthetic biology and the science behind it will likely alleviate greatly that fear. It is for this reason that Andrew Hessel’s main message for Singularity 1 on 1 was Don’t Fear Synthetic Biology. Furthermore, in his Introduction to Synthetic Biology Andrew has presented perhaps one of the most lucid and easy to understand lectures on the topic. In essence, synthetic biology is designing and programing living entities, [...]
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