Tom Knight

摘要

The main difference is the degree of control. Engineers want their inventions to be as predictable and free from complexity as possible, That's what makes the approach of equipping living things with standardised DNA modules called BioBricks - of which some 15,000 are now available in an open-source registry - different from the prevailing biotechnological practice of inserting single genes randomly into living things, The key realisation is that biology is a manufacturing capability. We can have it build the things we want.