2024-05-07T03:15:50Z http://medtechiq.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=cloning&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:medtechiq.ning.com,2008-09-27:2140535:Video:3892 2008-09-27T17:04:38.706Z CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight http://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ

<a href="http://medtechiq.ning.com/video/2140535:Video:3892"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="97" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2508866382?profile=original&amp;width=130&amp;height=97" width="130"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>"Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter, who was instrumental in decoding the human genome sequence. 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 using…

<a href="http://medtechiq.ning.com/video/2140535:Video:3892"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2508866382?profile=original&amp;width=130&amp;height=97" width="130" height="97" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />"Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter, who was instrumental in decoding the human genome sequence. 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 using digital technology, the reasons why we would want to do this, and the bioethics of synthetic life. A fascinating Q&amp;A with TED's Chris Anderson follows (two words: suicide genes).<br /> TedTalks, <a href="http://www.ted.com">http://www.ted.com</a>