Extreme Genetic Engineering: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology
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We are grateful for additional support from SwedBio (Sweden), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Marin Community Foundation (USA), CS Fund (USA), and HKH Foundation (USA). The views expressed in this document, however, are solely those of the ETC Group. Original artwork by Reymond Pag . ExtrEmE GEnEtic EnGinEErinG An ...
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Extreme Genetic Engineering: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology 1 Introduction: Original Syn? 3 Synbio Basics 6 Read/Write DNA: Gene Synthesis 6 Cleaning up the Code - Codons, Proteins and Pathways 9 Five Alive - An Introduction to Five Major Areas of Research in Synthetic Biology
13 1: Making Minimal Microbes - Post-modern Genomics 13 2: Assembly Line DNA - "Lego" Life-Forms to Order 15 3: Building Artificial Cells from the Bottom Up - Ersatz Evolution 17 4: Pathway Engineering - Bug Sweatshops 19 5: Expanding Earth's Genetic System - Alien Genetics 21 Implications of Synthetic Biology: 23 I Building a Better Bio-Weapon - What does synthetic biology mean for bioweapons? 23 II The New Synthetic Energy Agenda - Rebooting Biofuels 27 III Synthesizing New Monopolies from Scratch - Synthetic Biology and Intellectual Monopoly
32 IV Synthetic Conservation - What are the implications of gene synthesis and digital DNA for conservation of genetic resources and the politics of biodiversity? 36 V Synthetic Commodities - Implications for Trade 40 VI Synbiosafety 42 Synthetic Governance (Trust us We're experts) 46 Recommendations 49 Case Study: Synthetic Biology's Poster Child - Microbial Production of Artemisinin to Treat Malaria 52 Glossary 56 Endnotes 57 Boxes, tables and map Box 1: BANG Goes Scientific Disciplines: Converging Nanoscale Technologies 5 Map: Commercial DNA Synthesis Companies 8 Box 2: Life is cheap - and fast
10 Box 3: DNA Computing: Nature's PowerBook 18 Box 4: NSABB: Scientific Advice on How to Throw Out the Baby with the Bath Water 26 Table 1: A Sample of Recent Synthetic Biology Patents 35 Table 2: Companies with Synthetic Biology Activities...
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Extreme Genetic Engineering: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology, We are grateful for additional support
from SwedBio (Sweden), the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA),
Marin Community Foundation (USA), CS Fund
(USA), and HKH Foundation (USA). The views
expressed in this document, however, are
solely those of the ETC Group. Original
artwork by Reymond Pag . ExtrEmE GEnEtic
EnGinEErinG An ...,
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