Comments for Adam Bluestein http://adambluestein.com Explorations & Explanations Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on DARPA Synthetic Biology Hysteria by Christina http://adambluestein.com/2010/02/darpa-synthetic-biology-hysteria/#comment-98 Christina Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:12:06 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=1126#comment-98 Thanks for this. It's easy to get caught up in the hysteria. What struck me as the most scary/morally ambiguous was the apparent desire to transfer this kind of technology into "soldiers." I don't want to live in a world where the US government can make immortal people and then kill them when they outgrow their usefulness. I don't think it will happen (especially not with just $20 million), but I'm also kind of scared to live in a country where people who think this *would* be a good idea are in charge of anything! I don't know how much of it is actually true of course, I may just be succumbing to the mass internet hysteria too. Thanks for this. It’s easy to get caught up in the hysteria. What struck me as the most scary/morally ambiguous was the apparent desire to transfer this kind of technology into “soldiers.” I don’t want to live in a world where the US government can make immortal people and then kill them when they outgrow their usefulness. I don’t think it will happen (especially not with just $20 million), but I’m also kind of scared to live in a country where people who think this *would* be a good idea are in charge of anything! I don’t know how much of it is actually true of course, I may just be succumbing to the mass internet hysteria too.

]]> Comment on “Life from Scratch”? Not So Fast. by Adam Bluestein › Why “Minimal Organisms”? http://adambluestein.com/2009/09/life-from-scratch-not-so-fast/#comment-92 Adam Bluestein › Why “Minimal Organisms”? Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:53:43 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=712#comment-92 [...] of ‘rebooting’ the synthetic minimal genome has not yet been attained [see earlier post here] but we may not be so far from the goal of creating a ‘chassis’ organism—the blank [...] [...] of ‘rebooting’ the synthetic minimal genome has not yet been attained [see earlier post here] but we may not be so far from the goal of creating a ‘chassis’ organism—the blank [...]

]]> Comment on Eco Homes Near Mt. Fuji by jake http://adambluestein.com/2009/01/eco-homes-near-mt-fuji/#comment-72 jake Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:09:07 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=239#comment-72 ADAM, you rock! thanks for the post. Did you see the ALL NEW AND AMAZING website yet??? www.earthembassy.org ADAM, you rock!

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]]> Comment on Another Player on Synthetic Path to Biofuels by Adam Bluestein › Big Investors Embrace Multiple Pathways to Next-Gen Biofuels http://adambluestein.com/2009/07/another-player-on-synthetic-path-to-biofuels/#comment-71 Adam Bluestein › Big Investors Embrace Multiple Pathways to Next-Gen Biofuels Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:48:47 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=647#comment-71 [...] summer, I blogged about Joule Biotechnologies high-profile quest to make “solar ethanol” and wondered how it [...] [...] summer, I blogged about Joule Biotechnologies high-profile quest to make “solar ethanol” and wondered how it [...]

]]> Comment on KQED Quest Online Video: Decoding Synthetic Biology by Adam Bluestein › Synthetic Biology Breakthrough at UCSF http://adambluestein.com/2009/08/kqed-quest-online-video-decoding-synthetic-biology/#comment-64 Adam Bluestein › Synthetic Biology Breakthrough at UCSF Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:38:53 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=705#comment-64 [...] collaborated with the UT Austin iGem team to develop a bacterial photography system, discussed in a previous post.) Levskaya imported a “light switch” found in plants, which uses light-sensing [...] [...] collaborated with the UT Austin iGem team to develop a bacterial photography system, discussed in a previous post.) Levskaya imported a “light switch” found in plants, which uses light-sensing [...]

]]> Comment on Actually, All Men Are Islands by Ken Li http://adambluestein.com/2009/09/actually-all-men-are-islands/#comment-63 Ken Li Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:08:33 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=748#comment-63 If only 10% of our cells are truly human, does that makes us 90% "alien?" Thanks Adam, I always learn something reading your blog. Cheers. If only 10% of our cells are truly human, does that makes us 90% “alien?” Thanks Adam, I always learn something reading your blog. Cheers.

]]> Comment on iGem 2009 Team Project Descriptions (Mostly) Up by Adam Bluestein › KQED Quest Online Video: Decoding Synthetic Biology http://adambluestein.com/2009/08/igem-2009-team-project-descriptions-mostly-up/#comment-50 Adam Bluestein › KQED Quest Online Video: Decoding Synthetic Biology Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:32:47 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=694#comment-50 [...] The bacterial photography that Tabor demonstrates is a refinement of work he did originally while on the University of Texas, Austin, team in the first iGem competition in 2004. Jason Kelly of Cambridge-based synbio startup Ginkgo Bioworks has a post on the evolution of this project on the company’s blog. The 6th annual iGEM will be held at MIT this fall — you can read my post on this year’s team projects below. [...] [...] The bacterial photography that Tabor demonstrates is a refinement of work he did originally while on the University of Texas, Austin, team in the first iGem competition in 2004. Jason Kelly of Cambridge-based synbio startup Ginkgo Bioworks has a post on the evolution of this project on the company’s blog. The 6th annual iGEM will be held at MIT this fall — you can read my post on this year’s team projects below. [...]

]]> Comment on Synthetic Biology News: Promise and Risk by Adam Bluestein › Another Player on Synthetic Path to Biofuels http://adambluestein.com/2009/07/synthetic-biology-news-promise-and-risk/#comment-37 Adam Bluestein › Another Player on Synthetic Path to Biofuels Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:44:13 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=593#comment-37 [...] to those of Synthetic Genomics’ biofuels joint venture with Exxon, which I recently wrote about. I wonder what this means for LS9, which is also backed by Flagship Ventures and has had a stated [...] [...] to those of Synthetic Genomics’ biofuels joint venture with Exxon, which I recently wrote about. I wonder what this means for LS9, which is also backed by Flagship Ventures and has had a stated [...]

]]> Comment on Gene Wars: Dueling Geniuses by Adam Bluestein › Harvard Scientists Pioneer High-Speed Gene Tweaking Method http://adambluestein.com/2009/07/gene-wars-dueling-geniuses/#comment-36 Adam Bluestein › Harvard Scientists Pioneer High-Speed Gene Tweaking Method Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:27:44 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=556#comment-36 [...] the new issue of Nature, published online July 26, a team of researchers working out of George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School describes a new cell programming method called Multiplex [...] [...] the new issue of Nature, published online July 26, a team of researchers working out of George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School describes a new cell programming method called Multiplex [...]

]]> Comment on Synthetic Biology, West Coast-Style by Andy Vota · Interesting article on synthetic biology http://adambluestein.com/2009/07/synthetic-biology-west-coast-style/#comment-34 Andy Vota · Interesting article on synthetic biology Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:43:52 +0000 http://adambluestein.com/?p=610#comment-34 [...] aboput the field of synthetic biology. Here’s a recent post I found particulary interesting: Synthetic Biology West Coast Style. [...] [...] aboput the field of synthetic biology. Here’s a recent post I found particulary interesting: Synthetic Biology West Coast Style. [...]

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