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The Skeptics Guide #936 - Jun 17 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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How to Reprogramme Cells to Make What Nature Can't Make

Chemists from the National Science Foundation Center for Genetically Encoded Materials, C-GEM. They want to retool the cells polypeptide manufacturing plant as they put it,. The ribosome to make what nature cannot make. This is one of those advances in synthetic biology that I think has such amazing potential.

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