Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
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http://www.ted.com "Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers the details of creating brand-new chromosomes usi... Read more
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- -: Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
March 10, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com "Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers...
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- -: Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex
July 19, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. TEDTa...
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- -: Dean Ornish: Healthy Connections
March 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)For more than thirty years, Dr. Dean Ornish has demonstrated the power of a healthy lifestyle as the best kind of preventive care. These choices, Ornish reveals, can "turn on disease-preventing genes and turn off genes that promote illness. Dr. Ornish has published a number of best-selling books ...
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- -: TEDxIowaCity - Dr. Richard Barker - The Movement for Sustainable Healthcare
November 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Strategic Health Care Advisor, Dr. Richard Barker gives a TEDx Talk on the need to create a sustainable healthcare system with the technology and information we already have.
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- -: Is It Ethical for Parents to Choose Their Child's Sex?
September 21, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1477 Philosopher Michael Sandel and medical researcher William Haseltine debate ethical issues in genetic engineering, in a conversation with the Aspen Institute's Elliot Gerson. ----- "The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Ge...
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- -: Nobel Winner Andrew Fire on Ethics, Politics, and Science
October 10, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/07/Genetic_Landscape_What_is_RNA_Interference Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Andrew Fire answers several questions relating to ethics, politics, and science research. ----- Andrew Fire discusses "The Genetic Landscape: What is RNA Interference?" Fire ...
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- -: GM Foods: The Eco-Friendly Choice?
March 21, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/22/A_Short_History_of_the_American_Stomach Author Fred Kaufman discusses the social, cultural and economic impacts of America's ever-increasing shift towards genetically modified foods. ----- A Short History of the American Stomach with Fred Kaufman. ...
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- -: The Fight to Keep Genetic Information Private
September 18, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/15/Creative_Disruptions_David_Ewing_Duncan David Ewing Duncan, co-host of NPR's "Biotech Nation," discusses GINA - the Genetic Information Non-Descrimination Act - and other efforts resulting from concerns over public access to personal genetic informati...
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- -: Breakthroughs in Genetic Life Extension - David Ewing Duncan
September 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/15/Creative_Disruptions_David_Ewing_Duncan David Ewing Duncan, co-host of NPR's "Biotech Nation," outlines new scientific breakthroughs in aging research. ----- David Ewing Duncan discusses Creative Disruptions as a part of The Ethical Frontiers of Sci...
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- -: The Ethics of Genetically Engineering Children - Arthur Caplan
December 2, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/14/Ethics_of_Using_Biomedicine_to_Enhance_Ourselves Arthur Caplan, Director of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses ethical issues concerning genetic engineering and genetically handicapped children. ----- Arthur Caplan discusses Is i...
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