Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature And Ourselves (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Brilliant and chock full of breathtaking ideas on every page. Must be willing to plow through basic concepts or chemistry & genomics but the reward is well worth it. For those who last studied biology or chemistry in high school, prepare to be shocked at the pace of new scientific breakthroughs in the last few decades. Key takeaway: not only is the machinery of life well understood but the applications from tinkering this machinery are here already. Outstanding and fascinating book; the only negative being it was a little dry and difficult for me in a few places. It is absolutely amazing what we are able to do today, let alone in the future. This field has grown exponentially the past 10 years and will continue to explode in knowledge and capability.Did you know we are already capable of creating real life from DNA designed and generated from a computer? Did you know we can store data in the nucleus of a cell, form data storage cells into molecules? We are altering plants and animals and are on the verge of creating custom organisms. We will soon be able to fix and eliminate genetic problems at the embryonic stage and even choose attributes for our children such as hair and eye color. It may not be long before we will be able to introduce the infancy of X-Men type capabilities.We will be able to regenerate body parts and organs, slow down or stop the aging process, incorporate computer hardware into our bodies, introduce man-made organism into our bodies to conduct repair, and many other amazing things. We will be able to alter ourselves.Man is beginning to truly play God. We are cloning extinct species such as Wooly Mammoths and may soon have the ability to bring back many extinct species, including Neanderthal man. What are the ramifications of that?Read this book.
What do You think about Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature And Ourselves (2012)?
Great, great, great. Makes the reader feel profoundly hopeful about the future.
—devon155
- Danny H. added it to his queue and it looked interesting
—Hannah2596
Excellent look at the fututre of bioengennerring
—Posey
