blogginglifeextension.com - 8/2/2009
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Tackling the science behind the headlines, Liz journeys to meet Craig Venter, a US scientist, who is developing his own controversial solution to solving the world’s energy crisis. Craig Venter, one of the first people to sequence the human genome, is working to create the first ...
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... systems is already under way, using biotechnology and emerging genetic-engineering technologies. Beyond the next two decades we will use nanoengineered methods such as nanobots to augment and ultimately replace our organs.”
Also, some of you know that in addition to posting on Blogging the Singularity, I post on a site called Blogging Life Extension.
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