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As someone who is really interested in DNA programming but not am expert in biology, how approachable is the editing. If I'd like to make trees that have a fir
by nojvek 10y ago
As someone who is really interested in DNA programming but not am expert in biology, how approachable is the editing.
If I'd like to make trees that have a firefly glow at night, is this something that can be done by an amateur?
How about creating plants with higher efficiency of photosynthesis than 4-5% in most plants.
- jfarlow 10y agoAt the end of the day (century) it should be as straightforward as making beer, an espresso shot, bread or using a fertilizer. The end-products and techniques are quite simple, even ancient. However the search-space to get to those solutions is enormous, and getting to those very simple conditions is still a significant (if no longer herculean) undertaking. If you're given the correct tools and a good protocol it's really pretty easy to accomplish useful and interesting biological tasks (again you already do this when you make beer/bread/yoghurt/kimchi). But for the time being engineering an entirely novel biological function would require a fairly sophisticated understanding of the context you're trying to fiddle with.