Nitin Sethi, TNN Oct 19, 2012, 02.08AM IST HYDERABAD: Is it safe to let humans play God and create new organisms – animals and plants – that have never existed in Mother Nature? The ongoing UN Convention on Biodiversity here… Read More ›
Ed Regis
Mother Nature, Version 2.0
Welcome to the world of synthetic biology, where micro-organisms can be programmed to invade and destroy cancer cells By SCOTT GOTTLIEB It once seemed that the most profound feats stemming from DNA-based science would spring from our ability to read… Read More ›
How synthetic biology will change us
By Alan Boyle October 4, 2012, 7:05 pm NBCNews.com Lisa Poole / AP file Harvard geneticist George Church shows off the DNA sequence of a colleague. In the future, genetically modified organisms could be making our medicines, our fuel, our… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 