Re: [DIYbio] Re: PBS: Downloadable Gun Parts, Personalized Bioterror: the Downside of Innovation

I am amused that people think that personalized medicine is too expensive/unreasonable, but making a supervirus is a walk in the park.

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On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Forrest Flanagan <solenoidclock@gmail.com> wrote:

Public fear of synthetic biology has more to do with the word "synthetic".  Reference the focus groups done about 3 yrs ago where general, uneducated public described the feeling of the word as "fake, sterile, artificial, not natural".

The automobile industry figured this one out decades ago. "Corinthian Genomics" y'all.
 

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