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The Audacity of Synthetic Biologists - Reviving Extinct Species
Sophia Roosth puts big questions to the people who are reviving extinct species and building organisms from scratch
Diana Crow
Fledgling science journalist here, hoping to foster discussion about the ways science acts as a catalyst for social change #biology
Aug 31
... In most synbio operations, any artificial organisms that don’t fit the mold are discarded. For Roosth, that raised a question: What ideas, assumptions, and goals do synthetic biologists bring to this work? ...
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The Audacity of Synthetic Biologists - Reviving Extinct Species
Sophia Roosth puts big questions to the people who are reviving extinct species and building organisms from scratch
Diana Crow
Fledgling science journalist here, hoping to foster discussion about the ways science acts as a catalyst for social change #biology
Aug 31
... In most synbio operations, any artificial organisms that don’t fit the mold are discarded. For Roosth, that raised a question: What ideas, assumptions, and goals do synthetic biologists bring to this work? ...
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