Engineering Synthetic Life With Craig Venter (#385)

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seamlessly https://www.ground.news/drbrian It may sound like
science fiction, but it's true. Biologists are already creating
synthetic life from scratch. Of course, this raises many questions:
what is life? What are the possible applications? And are we on to
something here, or are we just playing God? Here today, to answer
all of these questions and more is one of the most influential
biologists in the world, Craig Venter!  Craig Venter is a
world-renowned biotechnologist known for his groundbreaking
contributions to genomics. He had a pivotal role in leading the
first draft sequence of the human genome and assembling the
pioneering team that achieved the transfection of a cell with a
synthetic chromosome. Later in his life, he and his research team
created the world’s first synthetic organism from scratch,
demonstrating the potential of synthetic biology to engineer life
at the molecular level. In our lively interview, we dive deep into
the world of synthetic biology, biological warfare, and engineering
synthetic life. Tune in!  Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 
00:01:36 What is life?  00:08:03 Mapping the human
genome  00:21:03 DNA durability and extraterrestrial life
00:26:49 The dangers of synthetic biology 00:34:27 The next
frontier for synthetic biology  00:46:47 The race to sequence
the human genome 01:06:15 The Voyage of Sorcerer II — Additional
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