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EASE OF MAKING NEW DNA. "What happens when we can make a vaccine as easily as we can make a tweet? Living systems can be programmed with new functions to do commercially or intellectually useful tasks. That could be great, so long as the people who are creating the bacteria are not out to wreak havoc." http://lnkd.in/dMb5UB6 View in LinkedIn

THE RISE OF THE CITIZEN SCIENTIST is the focus of the next series of blogs. As synthetic biology has made open source, off-the-shelf toolkits available, and DNA sequencing has become cheaper, the same breed of curious-minded enthusiasts as the early computer hackers has arisen. These enthusiasts operate from garage labs and outside of traditional hierarchical science. Whether we like it or not, it is real, and here to stay. And it has consequences. View in LinkedIn

LAZERPRINTING DNA MAY BECOME CHEAPER. "All harmful DNA sequences are available to the public online. We compare incoming orders with all known viruses and bacteria and simply don't print harmful sequences. Of course there are exemptions for certain research groups such as the CDC who need to study dangerous sequences to remediate outbreaks."" " http://lnkd.in/dkuQ_4B View in LinkedIn

TINKERING WITH EDEN," ""is a lyrical, brilliantly written history of the introduction of exotic species into the United States, and how the well-meaning endeavors ... have resulted in ecological catastrophe.. the astronomer who unleashed the gypsy moth in a botched effort to breed the silkworm, the druggist who brought starlings to America because he wanted the landscape to feature every bird mentioned by Shakespeare -- will forever change how we see our increasingly afflicted landscape and its unanticipated inhabitants."" " http://lnkd.in/dhAg58P View in LinkedIn

FREE BIOTECH RESOURCES include software and genebanks and large organismal databases." " http://lnkd.in/dRFbvFA View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TOOLBOX. "One of the main aims of synthetic biology is to make biology easier to engineer. Major efforts in synthetic biology are made to develop a toolbox to design biological systems without having to go through a massive research and technology process. With this “de-skilling” agenda, synthetic biology might finally unleash the full potential of biotechnology and spark a wave of innovation." For good, and for bad. But unstoppable. " " http://lnkd.in/ds7Xf2E View in LinkedIn

MIXING OPEN SOURCE AND TRADITIONAL METHODS: "DNA Freeware May Out-Innovate Patented Genes. Corporations will need to integrate open source with traditional patents for biotech innovations in medicine, renewable materials, and nutrition." In part driven by new patent laws, a new world may be emerging. " " http://lnkd.in/dPaY3v2 View in LinkedIn

DEMOCRATIC FORCES IN LIFE SCIENCES. "On the basis of a presumed parallel between genetic and computational code, science journalist Annalee Newitz has called for open-sourcing of genomic databases and declared that "Free our genetic data!" is the rallying cry of the biopunk. Biological Innovation for Open Society is an example of an open-source initiative in biotechnology aiming to apply open license for biological innovation."" " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopunk View in LinkedIn

SYNBIO: OPEN SOURCE. A key goal for modern synthetic biology is the creation of libraries of standard gene sequences or bolt-on parts (such as the Registry of Standard Biological Parts) that perform desired functions; for those products and services that are commercially available, the more they are used, the cheaper they become, just as in the software industry. Greater availability and spiraling lower costs are exemplified in DNA sequencing, among many other examples. " " http://lnkd.in/dSAHHGJ View in LinkedIn

IOPEN SOURCE = EFFICIENT INNOVATION? "Open source can be a more efficient model for getting more innovation faster in a community that shares a common problem or sees a common opportunity. And open innovation is a more efficient model for creating innovation faster for a company that is focused on its own problem or opportunity and is unable, for whatever reason, to cede control." " " http://lnkd.in/d98AsuB View in LinkedIn