Saved by Science
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Saved by Science

The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology

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Saved by Science

The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology

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How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer?

With all the advances in science in the last century, why are there still so many infectious diseases? Why haven't we found cures for difficult cancers? Why hasn't any major progress been made in the treatment of mental illness? And how do we intend to stop, and not only that but reverse, global warming and the climate crisis?

In Saved by Science, scientist Mark Poznansky examines the many crises facing humanity while encouraging us with the promise of an emerging solution: synthetic biology. This is the science of building simple organisms, or "biological apps, " to make manufacturing greener energy production more sustainable, agriculture more robust, and medicine more powerful and precise. Synthetic biology is the marriage of the digital revolution with a revolution in biology and genomics; some have even called it "the fourth industrial revolution."

Accessible and informative, Saved by Science provides readers with hope for the future if we trust in and support the future of science.

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Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781773055947
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Genetics & Genomics
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Praise for Saved by Science
  2. Dedication
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter One Intersection
  5. Chapter Two Lessons from Biology
  6. Chapter Three Man-Made
  7. Chapter Four A New Era
  8. Chapter Five In Serious Condition
  9. Chapter Six Hunger
  10. Chapter Seven Polluted
  11. Chapter Eight Implementation
  12. Appendix A Genetics Primer
  13. Appendix B Glossary
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. References and Additional Reading
  16. About the Author
  17. Index
  18. Copyright