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100 1  Webb, Amy,|d1974-|eauthor. 
245 14 The genesis machine :|bour quest to rewrite life in the 
       age of synthetic biology /|cAmy Webb and Andrew Hessel. 
250    First edition. 
263    2202 
264  1 New York :|bPublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022. 
300    x, 352 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-337) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part One : Origin -- Saying No to Bad Genes : The Birth of
       the Genesis Machine -- A Race to the Starting Line -- The 
       Bricks of Life -- God, a Church, and a (Mostly) Woolly 
       Mammoth -- Part Two : Now -- The Bioeconomy -- The 
       Biological Age -- Nine Risks -- The Story of Golden Rice -
       - Part Three: Futures -- Exploring the Recently Plausible 
       -- Scenario One : Creating Your Child with Wellspring -- 
       Scenario Two : What Happened When We Canceled Aging -- 
       Scenario Three : Akira Gold's "Where to Eat" 2037 -- 
       Scenario Four : The Underground -- Scenario Five : The 
       Memo -- Part Four : The Way Forward -- A New Beginning -- 
       Epilogue 
520    "Synthetic biology is the promising and controversial 
       technology platform that combines biology and artificial 
       intelligence, opening up the potential to program 
       biological systems much as we program computers. Synthetic
       biology enables us not just to read and edit DNA - the 
       technique of CRISPR - but also write it. Rather than life 
       being "a beautiful game of chance", synthetic biology 
       creates the potential to control our genetic destiny, to 
       say "no" to bad genes and build a veritable genetic app 
       store for downloading and adding new capabilities into any
       cell, microbe, plant, or animal. Amy Webb and Andrew 
       Hessel's riveting stories include: the work of scientists 
       to develop plants that can be grown in sprawling indoor 
       farms capable of feeding millions with a fraction of the 
       usual resources required; a synthetic, self-regulating 
       insulin that doesn't require injections or a pump; life-
       altering regenerative, personalized medicine; and novel, 
       durable solutions to climate change. There is also whimsy,
       such as the dream of some geneticists to "unextinct" the 
       wooly mammoth. By examining both the science and the 
       ethical, moral, and religious issues surrounding synthetic
       biology, Webb and Hessel provide the background for 
       preventing its misuse by some to re-engineer their bodies 
       and that of their children, further increasing the 
       disturbing division and polarization of societies into the
       haves (the enhanced) and the have nots. They provide the 
       background for making wise decisions about issues such as:
       whether to program novel viruses to fight diseases, what 
       genetic privacy will look like, who will "own" living 
       organisms, how companies should earn revenue from 
       engineered cells, and how to contain a synthetic organism 
       in a lab. Whether we approve or disapprove of synthetic 
       biology, it is coming. Now, we need to understand its 
       promise and peril. Webb and Hessel help us understand the 
       science as well as the political and societal issues 
       involved."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Synthetic biology|xMoral and ethical aspects. 
650  0 Synthetic biology|xSocial aspects. 
650  0 Genetics|xMoral and ethical aspects. 
650  0 Genetics|xSocial aspects. 
650  7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Genetics|xMoral and ethical aspects.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00940130 
650  7 Genetics|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00940138 
700 1  Hessel, Andrew,|eauthor. 
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