RE: [DIYbio] Re: Uptake of food transgenes by guy bacteria

First off,pardon going off topic and/or misinterpreting your response as literal if you meant sarcasm.

For no the most part all we are doing is copying natural genes and printing their sequences in a convenient arrangement that would otherwise be too time consuming to assemble manually. Not much different from traditional cloning from genomic DNA. Sure you can add different motifs and elements but even those are seldom far from the natural source, with some exceptions of course. I can't tell what the difference is or why people are making it seem like synthetic biology, in its current state, is like writing genetic code from scratch with no references and people are making completely novel life forms and proteins across the board. So many new members to the list want to learn more about synthetic biology but all we can really offer them is fancy genetic text editors and the stark realization that, for the most part, they can't afford to order their constructs anyway. Not to go off topic or open up an old can of worms but why not promote more affordable, albeit time consuming processes like traditional cloning? At least its accessible...


Sebastian S. Cocioba
CEO & Founder
New York Botanics, LLC
Plant Biotech R&D