Synthetic Biology: Life’s Extraordinary New Worlds
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
<p>Synthetic biology gives scientists the power to redesign nature and even create life. Learn how it works.</p>
Syllabus
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- 01: SynBio Uses Life to Solve Problems
- 02: Reading DNA: SynBio’s First Tool
- 03: Writing DNA: Printing Synthetic Genes
- 04: Editing DNA: CRISPR Supercharges SynBio
- 05: DNA Computers: DNA to Store and Process Data
- 06: Directed Evolution: Let Nature Drive Discovery
- 07: Metabolic Engineering: Getting More Product
- 08: The Overlapping Revolutions of SynBio and AI
- 09: SynBio Foods, Wearables, and Implantables
- 10: Regenerative Medicine for a Better Life
- 11: SynBio Therapies against Cancer
- 12: Synthetic Virology and Faster Vaccines
- 13: SynBio Is Also a World of New Risks
- 14: SynBio for Eco-fuels and Pest Elimination
- 15: De-extinction and Rescuing the Endangered
- 16: SynBio for Survival in Outer Space?
- 17: Xenobiology: Going beyond DNA
- 18: Quantum Biology and the Future of SynBio
Taught by
Milton Muldrow Jr.
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