linkedin post 2013-11-08 05:51:02

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'REGENESIS' BY CHURCH (it has a ring to it): "imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can custom-produce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate enough electricity or biofuel to end oil dependency. Building a house would entail no more work than planting a seed in the ground..."" " http://lnkd.in/deYWbm9 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-05 07:54:13

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THE AMAZING LEROY HOOD. He was Founder and Chairman of the Department of Molecular Biotechnology (Univ of Washington); developed the ink-jet oligonucleotide synthesizer (synthesized DNA chips); co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle); developed new microfluidics, nanotechnology and molecular imaging methods; now pioneering new tools that will move medicine from its current reactive mode, to a predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory mode (P4 medicine) over the next 5-20 years."" " http://lnkd.in/dvaB_Kg View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-05 07:49:54

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INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE rather than just seeing the parts. "Systems medicine is an inter-disciplinary field of study that looks at the dynamic systems of the human body as part of an integrated whole, incorporating biochemical, physiological, and environment interactions that sustain life. It considers complex interactions within the human body to promote an individual’s health in light of their genomics, behavior and the external environment."" " http://lnkd.in/dqDBbpQ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-08 05:33:05

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CHURCH BIG ON SYNBIO. "Synthetic biology, with its goal of reengineering cells as industrial machines, is the epitome of ambition. But even in a field of risk-takers, Harvard University's George Church stands out. But whether Church can pull off his most ambitious experiment—reinventing the genetic code—is another question. If he succeeds, biotechnology will have a new workhorse cell. And the planet will have a novel life form." (Note written in 2011). " " http://m.sciencemag.org/content/333/6047/1236 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-07 14:07:51

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FACEBOOK'S GIANT DATABASE. "Today Facebook said it's releasing software called "Presto" as a free and open source project. Presto allows people to ask questions (in geek speak called "queries") of huge databases and get the answers back immediately, not hours or days later). "We have one of the largest data warehouses in the world, storing more than 300 petabytes," allowing rapid answers. (Nov 6, 2013). " " http://lnkd.in/d7M_EJ8 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-07 06:42:37

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BRAIN INITIATIVE proposed developing "new technologies that will have to be developed in the course of the project, including wireless, minimally invasive methods to detect and manipulate neuronal activity, either utilizing microelectronics or synthetic biology. In one such proposed method, enzymatically produced DNA would serve as a "ticker tape record" of neuronal activity." (Key player was George Church). " " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-07 06:39:02

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DNA DETECTOR FOR DARK MATTER. "He has co-invented several novel uses for DNA, including detectors for dark matter -- Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), anti-cancer "nano-robots", and strategies for digital data storage that are over a million times denser than conventional disk drives. Together with polymerase, DNA can be used to sense and store variation in photons, nucleotides, or ions." (George Church)." " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-07 06:34:02

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CHURCH'S TEAM "is the first to tackle a genome-scale change in the genetic code. This was done in a 4.7 million basepair genome of an industrially useful microbe (E. coli) with the goal of making a safer and more productive strain; this strain uses non-proteinogenic amino acids in proteins and is metabolically and genetically isolated from other species."" " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn
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