The Cloning Century: Why This Tech Is Just Getting StartedScience fiction loves clones. Blade Runner’s replicants. The teenage Hitlers in the Boys from Brazil. Asimov’s clone emperors in…May 30May 30
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Can $10M Beat Cancer? Probably, yes.A cancer medicine made just for you or someone you love — by MidjourneyAug 17, 2024A response icon1Aug 17, 2024A response icon1
Genesis 2.0The precision programming of living cells is here.Jun 23, 2024A response icon4Jun 23, 2024A response icon4
The Age of Programming LifeThis essay is loosely based on a Long Now Foundation Ignite talk of the same name delivered in SF on May 29, 02024.Jun 2, 2024A response icon3Jun 2, 2024A response icon3
Bringing Synthetic Biology to the Masses: Moving from the Cray-1 to the PC EraWe’re in the third decade of synbio and it’s still hard to program cells.Jun 1, 2024Jun 1, 2024
I minted a synthetic organism as an NFT. This could change biotech as we know it.Plaque assay showing synthetic PhiX174 phage infecting E. coli cells on a petri plate. Image: Paul JaschkeMay 28, 2024A response icon12May 28, 2024A response icon12
Published inThe Quantastic JournalCan fighting cancer be made into a game?Genome sequencing, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology are all booming, so why are we still fighting cancer with Big Pharma’s…Mar 13, 2024A response icon6Mar 13, 2024A response icon6