{"id":1050,"date":"2023-03-30T10:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2023-03-29T21:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:30:46","slug":"its-alive-but-is-it-life-synthetic-biology-and-the-future-of-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2023\/03\/30\/its-alive-but-is-it-life-synthetic-biology-and-the-future-of-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Alive, But Is It Life: Synthetic Biology and the Future of Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_62871\"  width=\"840\" height=\"472\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rU_pfCtSWF4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For decades, biologists have read and edited DNA, the code of life. Revolutionary developments are giving scientists the power to write it. Instead of tinkering with existing life forms, synthetic biologists may be on the verge of writing the DNA of a living organism from scratch. In the next decade, according to some, we may even see the first synthetic human genome. Join a distinguished group of synthetic biologists, geneticists and bioengineers who are edging closer to breathing life into matter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B014CXHEDQ&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_VKGK1YR03FD070F3CP71\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, biologists have read and edited DNA, the code of life. Revolutionary developments are giving scientists the power to write it. Instead of tinkering with existing life forms, synthetic biologists may be on the verge of writing the DNA of a living organism from scratch. 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