linkedin post 2014-03-23 05:36:31

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SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AS COUNTER-BIOTERRORISM: most of the literature on bioterrorism appears stuck in a bygone era. Synthetic biology allows a vaccine to be developed very rapidly once the DNA of the biological agent is known (DNA vaccines). It also does not need a cold chain and can be nasally delivered. http://lnkd.in/dXcMHbj View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-03-24 08:03:39

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VENTER'S DBC FOR DNA VACCINES. "The future will be that if you have a [bacterial] infection you quickly get its genome sequenced – that will take minutes – and in a very short period of time we could design a phage that would attack just that bacteria very specifically ... making just the DNA of the one a person needs is enough ...The DNA is the drug that kills the bacteria." http://lnkd.in/d4sgBQY View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-03-24 07:56:29

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VENTER'S DIGITAL BIOLOGICAL CONVERTER. "If there is a pandemic ... you can download the vaccine in a couple of seconds from the internet ... That digital file would allow DBCs ... to "just spit out a loaded syringe" ... their current prototype is already capable of producing DNA precisely enough that it could be used as a vaccine." http://lnkd.in/d4sgBQY View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-03-24 07:53:15

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DARPA FUNDED THE VENTER DNA VACCINE MACHINE. "We call it a Digital Biological Converter. And we have the prototype ... (To) receive DNA sequences over the internet to synthesise proteins, viruses and even living cells. The current prototype ... is eight feet long and six feet high ... The current prototype can produce only DNA, not proteins or living cells ... Some vaccines are made using just DNA molecules." http://lnkd.in/d4sgBQY View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-03-22 12:45:49

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BARCELONA CAN BE THE NEXT BOSTON" "" "...If we are willing to be radical on tax and other incentives for investors and entrepreneurs, make a soft landing for foreign capital, and de-clutter old fashioned and out-dated wats of doing things, such as capital structure, and back-door deals... View in LinkedIn
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