The genesis machine - our quest to rewrite life in the age of synthetic biology
Synthetic biology promises to reveal how life is created and how it can be re-created, enabling scientists to re-write the rules of our reality. It could help us, for example, heal without prescription medicines, grow meat without harvesting animals, or confront our looming climate catastrophe. This book is an examination of synthetic biology, and the bio-economy, and provides the background for thinking through the upcoming risks and moral dilemmas posed by re-designing life as well as the vast opportunities waiting for us on the horizon.
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