Extreme Science pt.3
summary
Synthetic biology tools and numbers: DNA sequencing falls below $1,000 per genome, DNA synthesis cost is dropping but remains 6–8 orders of magnitude pricier, and design capacity grows from ~1,000 nt in 2000 to whole genomes. Examples: engineered yeast produces the antimalarial artemisinin at 50× world production and saved ~160,000 people in one year; a lab synthesizes a ~1 million bp bacterial genome and a yeast chromosome; a Kickstarter for glowing plants raises $500k from 9,000 backers and produces real glowing plants.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 1:26How Do You Code Things in Biology
- 3:10Create Humanized Pigs
- 4:07Dna Sequencing
- 6:04Synthesized a Yeast Chromosome
- 7:15Diy Do-It-Yourself Biology
- 9:17Bioluminescence
- 9:45Glowing Plant
- 13:11Genetically Modified Bacterium
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