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STEM CELLS, SYNBIO, MAGE, AND DE-EXTINCTION CONVERGE. "Instead of trying to build genomes from scratch, George Church ... created MAGE, a machine that harnesses the natural principles of evolution to do all the heavy lifting ... Billions of different mutant genomes can now be generated per day." http://lnkd.in/duFFnTk View in LinkedIn

BIOTECH STARS COMBINE with iPS and re-genesis on their minds. "The Ark Corporation, is being cofounded by stem-cell pioneer Robert Lanza and Harvard Medical School DNA expert George Church ... the company's real aim is to combine cutting-edge cell biology and genome engineering in order to breed livestock and maybe even create DNA-altered pets." http://m.technologyreview.com/view/512671/a-stealthy-de-extinction-startup/ View in LinkedIn

THE GAP. "There's a big difference between sequencing a Neanderthal genome and actually cloning one. A synthetically produced genome would need to be packaged into chromosomes that can be replicated in a cell, which we don’t know how to do yet ... MAGE, could be used to alter an induced pluripotent stem cell into the genome of a Neanderthal." http://lnkd.in/dMx5dtr View in LinkedIn

CHURCH ON REGENESIS. "The goal of reanimation research is not to make perfect living copies of extinct organisms, nor is it meant to be a one-off stunt ... to adapt existing ecosystems to radical modern environmental changes, such as global warming, and possibly reverse those changes." http://lnkd.in/d9HAGzh View in LinkedIn

MEDIA STORM OVER MISQUOTED "SEARCH FOR SURROGATE MOTHER". "An interview published last week by SPIEGEL with ... George Church has sparked frenetic media speculation about a supposed plan to bring the Neanderthal back from the dead. Church feels his remarks were misinterpreted after they were published in SPIEGEL." http://lnkd.in/drEAhjd View in LinkedIn

AXIOM. If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, the world would be a kitchen. View in LinkedIn

400,000 HUMAN RELATIVE mDNA SEQUENCED. "Oldest hominin DNA sequenced, December 04, 2013: Max Planck researchers sequence the mitochondrial genome of a 400,000-year-old hominin from Spain." http://lnkd.in/d-VdXdp View in LinkedIn

THE FUTURE OF BRINGING BACK THE PAST. "Like it or not, de-extinction technology does have a future. When science is this exciting we just can’t help being curious. After all, who wouldn’t jump at the chance to see a real life woolly mammoth? Whether or not it leads to the all action sci-fi style ending remains to be seen." http://lnkd.in/dXwQzgQ View in LinkedIn

NEANDERTHAL GENOME SEQUENCED. "Neandertal genome project reaches its goal. Researchers compile definitive list of the DNA sequence changes that make us human ... has determined a high-quality genome sequence of a Neandertal woman ...and is approximately 50,000-year-old." http://lnkd.in/d-VdXdp View in LinkedIn

ANCIENT HOMINID DNA SEQUENCED. "They sequenced the first complete nuclear genome from the hair of a 4,000-year-old Palaeo-Eskimo—the first people to settle in the New World Arctic." http://lnkd.in/dEMV2_N View in LinkedIn