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I have neither read the book, nor come across this term before but went through excerpts from the book and have answered this question based on this minimal knowledge of the subject. Imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can customproduce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate enough electricity to end oil dependency. A discussion with george church on his new book regenesis and synthetic biology. Read regenesis how synthetic biology will reinvent nature and ourselves by george m. In regenesis, george church and science writer ed regis explore the possibilities of the emerging field. There are currently 70 billion copies of the forthcoming book, regenesis, all stored in the form of dna. George church, who has a nice sense of humour, describes so many bold ideas about possible applications of genetics, along with the history of genome evolution, that in but if you are, then this will give many interesting insights on the field of genetics and syntetic biology, and also there are many vivid examples of genetic researches. George church is professor of genetics at the harvard medical school and member of the wyss institute of biologically inspired engineering. A discussion with george church on his new book regenesis. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can customproduce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate. Most of these are single base changes or changes in tandem repeat lengths. How synthetic biology will reinvent nature and ourselves, by george church and ed regis. What follows is a full executive summary of regenesis.
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