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Genome Hunters Go After Martian DNAby Antonio Regalado, Technology ReviewOctober 18th, 2012J. Craig Venter may have just started a race to discover alien life on the Red Planet.

Weird Science: The Promise and Peril of Synthetic Biologyby Jeff Conant, Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2012A wave of gene therapies, pharmaceuticals, genetically engineered crops, and manufactured biofuels have transformed science, medicine, industry, and quite possibly, global ecology.

Books and JavaScript Stored in DNA Molecules by Douglas Heaven, New ScientistAugust 16th, 2012George Church and colleagues have encoded a 53,400-word book into sequences of DNA.

Synthetic 'Upgrade' for Fruit Fly's DNA by Linda Geddes, New ScientistAugust 13th, 2012The genetic code of the fruit fly Drosophila has been hacked into, allowing it to make proteins with properties that don't exist in the natural world.

Life: Digital and Synthetic?by Daniel Sharp, Biopolitical TimesJuly 20th, 2012As Craig Venter unveils his newest plan to create life from scratch, questions about what this means and the consequences of doing so abound. What is life? A strange – perhaps obtuse – question. But the answer has profound consequences for how we as a society come to grips with novel biotechnologies.

Synthetic Collaborations and Experimental Human Scienceby Daniel Sharp, Biopolitical TimesJuly 13th, 2012A new book explores how human scientists and natural scientists might interact differently, and raises concerns about synthetic biology.

Should People be Allowed To Sell Their Organs?by Alice Park, Time / CNNJuly 3rd, 2012A U.S. Appeals Court has allowed donors to sell their bone marrow for up to $3,000. Could organs and other body parts soon carry a price tag as well?

Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Destroy the Worldby Daniel Sharp, Biopolitical TimesJune 22nd, 2012A recent article in The New York Times Sunday Magazine hypes Craig Venter and synthetic biology as green solutions to the world’s woes. The real story is what the article missed.

Synthetic Eugenics and Scientific Silenceby Daniel Sharp, Biopolitical TimesJune 21st, 2012Yet another worrying statement from a renowned synthetic biologist on redeisgning humans is met with indifference and silence by the scientific community.

Let's Get Real on Synthetic Biology by Claire Marris and Nikolas Rose, NewScientist.comJune 11th, 2012As the race to build life from scratch pushes on, hyperbole drowns out nuanced discussion. We need more wide-ranging dialogue.

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