Garage Biotech

Kevin Kelly on the emergence of DIY Biotech. Garages in Nairobi,Accra Lagos  et al. take note:

One day, we knew, biotech would become so easy and so cheap that two guys in a garage could hack life in the way kids hack code. That day is now here. Exhibit A is this biohacking lab in a garage in Silicon Valley. Assembled from used equipment the kit includes two clean cell-culture hoods, an incubator, two robot sequencers, and lots of software packed into a suburban garage. The guys are screening anti-cancer compounds.

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