Sunday, November 8, 2015

Transgenic tinkering here to stay: Embracing biotechnology in the home

Transgenic tinkering here to stay: Embracing biotechnology in the home | Genetic Literacy Project: "Want to track which breed of a certain plant attracts the most ladybugs in your home garden? Interested in engineering your own coffee? How about testing your genome yourself instead of sending samples to 23andMe where your results might get onto the internet? Or how about growing a plant that’s genetically modified to pump out raw plastic for use in your home 3D printer to make, well, whatever you want?

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In a fascinating lecture for TEDxDublin, Cathal Garvey, Scientific Director of IndieBio EU, saidthat all of these things should be possible soon, and his prediction makes a lot of sense."

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