Craig Venter on synthetic biology

Craig Venter, the founder of Synthetic Genomics Inc., and the man who sequenced the human genome and created synthetic life, discusses synthetic biology and explains the merits of fake meat in an interview.

Read the full, original story here: Craig Venter on the Hail Mary Genome and Synthetic Meat

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