Regenesis : how synthetic biology will reinvent nature and ourselves / George Church & Ed Regis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Church, George, author.

Regis, Ed, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synthetic biology.

Genomics--Social aspects.

Genomics.

Genetics--Social aspects.

Genetics.

Nature.

Bioengineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

?Bold and provocative? Regenesis tells of recent advances that may soon yield endless supplies of renewable energy, increased longevity and the return of long-extinct species."?New ScientistIn Regenesis, Harvard biologist George Church and science writer Ed Regis explore the possibilities?and perils?of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology, in which living organisms are selectively altered by modifying substantial portions of their genomes, allows for the creation of entirely new species of organisms. These technologies?far from the

Contents:

Contents; Prologue: From Bioplastics to H. Sapiens 2.0; 1. -3,800 MYR, LATE HADEAN: At the Inorganic/Organic Interface; 2. -3,500 MYR, ARCHEAN: Reading the Most Ancient Texts and the Future of Living Software; 3. -500 MYR, CAMBRIAN: The Mirror World and the Explosion of Diversity. How Fast Can Evolution Go and How Diverse Can It Be?; 4. -360 MYR, CARBONIFEROUS: ""The Best Substitute for Petroleum Is Petroleum""; 5. -60 MYR, PALEOCENE: Emergence of Mammalian Immune System. Solving the Heath Care Crisis Through Genome Engineering; 6. -30,000 YR, PLEISTOCENE PARK: Engineering Extinct Genomes

7. -10,000 YR, NEOLITHIC: Industrial Revolutions. The Agricultural Revolution and Synthetic Genomics. The BioFab Manifesto8. -100 YR, ANTHROPOCENE: THe Third Industrial Revolution. iGEM; 9. -1 YR, HOLOCENE: From Personal Genomes to Immortal Human Components; Epigenetic Epilogue: +1 YR, THE END OF THE BEGINNING, TRANSHUMANISM, AND THE PANSPERMIA ERA: Societal Risks and Countermeasures; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Selected References; Illustrations Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 7, 2014).

ISBN:

0-465-03865-4